Radioactive contamination of fishes in lake and streams impacted by the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 482-483, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 184-192

  Yoshimura, Mayumi ^a   Yokoduka, Tetsuya ^b  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Tochigi Prefectural Fisheries Experimental Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brown trout; Charr; Lake; Radioactive cesium; Stomach contents; Stream

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; LAKES; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVITY;

BROWN TROUTS; CHARR; RADIOACTIVE CESIUMS; STOMACH CONTENTS; STREAM;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 137;

BIOACCUMULATION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; HABITAT USE; LAKE POLLUTION; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; STOMACH CONTENT; STREAMWATER; THRESHOLD;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; BROWN TROUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FISH; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HABITAT; LAKE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RAINBOW TROUT; SALVELINUS LEUCOMAENIS; STOMACH CONTENT; STREAM (RIVER); TROUT; WATER FLOW;

BROWN TROUT; CHARR; LAKE; RADIOACTIVE CESIUM; STOMACH CONTENTS; STREAM;

ANIMALS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FISHES; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; LAKES; RADIATION MONITORING; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84896498645     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.02.118     Document Type: Article

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