The impact of the Fukushima nuclear accident on marine biota: Retrospective assessment of the first year and perspectives

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 487, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 143-153

  Batlle, Jordi Vives i ^a   Aono, Tatsuo ^b   Brown, Justin E ^c,g   Hosseini, Ali ^c,g   Garnier Laplace, Jacqueline ^d   Sazykina, Tatiana ^e   Steenhuisen, Frits ^f   Strand, Per ^c,g  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

^d INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^e RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION TYPHOON   (Russian Federation)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^g NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fukushima; Non human biota; Radiological assessment; UNSCEAR

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOLOGY;

FUKUSHIMA; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS; INTERNATIONAL STUDIES; NON-HUMAN BIOTAS; RADIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE ASSESSMENTS; STATE-OF-THE-ART APPROACH; UNSCEAR;

NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS;

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; IODINE 131;

BIOTA; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FUTURE PROSPECT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MODELING; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT;

ARTICLE; CRUSTACEA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FISH; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; MACROALGA; MARINE SPECIES; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

FUKUSHIMA; NON-HUMAN BIOTA; RADIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; UNSCEAR;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOTA; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIATION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84899574827     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.03.137     Document Type: Article

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