Radiocaesium concentrations in the muscle and eggs of salmonids from Lake Chuzenji, Japan, after the Fukushima fallout

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1607-1613

  Yamamoto, S ^a   Yokoduka, T ^b   Fujimoto, K ^c   Takagi, K ^c   Ono, T ^c  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Tochigi Prefectural Fisheries Station   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brown trout; Kokanee; Lake trout; Masu salmon; Nuclear accident

Indexed keywords

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MASOU; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

CESIUM; FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BROWN TROUT; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; KOKANEE; LAKE; LAKE TROUT; MUSCLE; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; ONCORHYNCHUS MASOU; OOCYTE; SALMONID;

BROWN TROUT; KOKANEE; LAKE TROUT; MASU SALMON; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT;

ANIMALS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; LAKES; MUSCLES; OVUM; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84899639335     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12368     Document Type: Article

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