Cesium-137 discharge into the freshwater fishery ground of grazing fish, ayu Plecoglossus altivelis after the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident

Fisheries Science

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 983-988

  Iguchi, Kei'ichiro ^a,b   Fujimoto, Ken ^c   Kaeriyama, Hideki ^c   Tomiya, Atsushi ^d,e   Enomoto, Masahiro ^d,e   Abe, Shin ichiro ^f   Ishida, Toshinori ^d,e  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^d Fukushima Prefectural Freshwater Fisheries Experimental Station   (Japan)

^e Fukushima Prefectural Government   (Japan)

^f FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cesium 137; Effective half life; Freshwater ecosystem; Plecoglossus altivelis; Radioactive contamination

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; PLECOGLOSSUS ALTIVELIS;

EID: 84887618897     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12562-013-0666-x     Document Type: Article

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