Radiological impact of TEPCO's Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident on invertebrates in the coastal benthic food web

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 138, Issue , 2014, Pages 106-115

  Sohtome, Tadahiro ^a   Wada, Toshihiro ^a   Mizuno, Takuji ^a   Nemoto, Yoshiharu ^b   Igarashi, Satoshi ^a   Nishimune, Atsushi ^c   Aono, Tatsuo ^d   Ito, Yukari ^e   Kanda, Jota ^e   Ishimaru, Takashi ^e  

^a Fukushima Prefectural Fisheries Experimental Station   (Japan)

^b Fukushima Prefectural Fisheries Office   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^e TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Ecological half life; Fukushima; Nuclear power plant accident; Radioactive cesium

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; MAMMALS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS;

BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; ECOLOGICAL HALF-LIVES; FUKUSHIMA; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENT; RADIOACTIVE CESIUMS;

NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS;

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; SEA WATER; CESIUM; WATER POLLUTANT;

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD WEB; HALF LIFE; INVERTEBRATE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; SEAWATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FOOD WEB; GASTROPOD; HALF LIFE TIME; INVERTEBRATE; MALACOSTRACA; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; POLYCHAETA; SEA URCHIN; SEDIMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; WATER POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; FOOD CHAIN; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; METABOLISM; PACIFIC OCEAN; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION RESPONSE; SEASON; WATER POLLUTANT;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

INVERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FOOD CHAIN; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; INVERTEBRATES; PACIFIC OCEAN; RADIATION MONITORING; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84907278610     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2014.08.008     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Agatsuma Y. Population dynamics of edible sea urchins associated with variability of seaweed beds in northern Japan. Aqua-BioSci. Monogr. 2014, 7:47-78.
2. 137Cs. Biogeosciences 2013, 10:3067-3078.
3. Buesseler K.O. Fishing for answers off Fukushima. Science 2012, 338:480-482.
4. Buesseler K.O., Aoyama M., Fukasawa M. Impacts of the Fukushima nuclear power plants on marine radioactivity. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2011, 45:9931-9935.
5. Buesseler K.O., Jayne S.R., Fisher N.S., Rypina I.I., Baumann H., Baumann Z., Breier C.F., Douglass E.M., George J., Macdonald A.M., Miyamoto H., Nishikawa J., Pike S.M., Yoshida S. Fukushima-derived radionuclides in the ocean and biota off Japan. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 2012, 109:5984-5988.
6. Comans R.N.J., Hockley D. Kinetics of cesium sorption on illite. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1992, 56:1157-1164.
7. Doi W., Watanabe S. Population structure and life history of the goneplacid crab Carcinoplax vestita (Decapoda: Brachyura) in Tokyo Bay. Jpn. J. Benthol. 2010, 65:10-17. (in Japanese with English abstract).
8. Fauchald K. Life diagram patterns in benthic polychaetes. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash 1983, 96:160-177.
9. Fauchald K., Jumars P.A. The diet of worms: a study of polychaete feeding groups. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 1979, 17:193-284.
10. Fowler S.W., Fisher N.S. Radionuclides in the biosphere. Marine radioactivity 2004, 167-203. Elsevier, Amsterdam. H.D. Livingston (Ed.).
11. FPG (Fukushima Prefectural Government) Results of Radioactivity Monitoring in Seawater Collected from the Ports and Fishing Grounds 2014, (accessed 30.06.14.). http://www.pref.fukushima.lg.jp/sec/01010d/monitoring-all.html.
12. Hasegawa M., Ito M.T., Kaneko S., Kiyono Y., Ikeda S., Makino S. Radiocesium concentrations in epigeic earthworms at various distances from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant 6 months after the 2011 accident. J. Environ. Radioact. 2013, 126:8-13.
13. Hirakawa N., Wada T., Matsumoto I., Fujimoto K., Watanabe T., Morinaga K. Attenuation process of radioactive cesium of abalone under laboratory conditions. Bull. Fukushima Pref. Fish. Exp. Stn. 2013, 13:111-113. (in Japanese).
14. IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) Mission report. The Great East Japan Earth Quake Mission 2011, 1-160. IAEA International fact finding expert mission of the Fukushima Dai-ichi NPP accident following the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.
15. Igarashi S. On the distribution of macro benthos in the coastal region of Fukushima. Bull. Fukushima Pref. Fish. Exp. Stn. 1980, 6:93-96. (in Japanese).
16. Igarashi S., Aoyagi K. The distribution of macro benthos in the coastal region of Fukushima-II. Fukushima. Bull. Fukushima Pref. Fish. Exp. Stn. 1999, 8:83-94. (in Japanese).
17. Iwasaki T., Mizuno T. Macrobenthos community in the surf clam bed off Soma, northern Fukushima, after the Tohoku tsunami disaster. Fukushima. Bull. Fukushima Pref. Fish. Exp. Stn. 2013, 16:109-110. (in Japanese).
18. 137Cs release to the sea from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant through 2012. Biogeosciences 2013, 10:6107-6113.
19. 137Cs in marine fish. Radioisotopes 1999, 48:266-282. (in Japanese).
20. 137Cs concentration in marine organisms with special reference to the effect of food habits and trophic level. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 1997, 160:109-120.
21. Kitamura M., Kumamoto Y., Kawakami H., Cruz E.C., Fujikura K. Horizontal distribution of Fukushima-derived radiocesium in zooplankton in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Biogeosciences 2013, 10:5729-5738.
22. Link J.S., Fogarty M.J., Langton R.W. The trophic ecology of flatfishes. Flatfishes, Biology and Exploitation 2005, 185-212. Blackwell, Oxford. R.N. Gibson (Ed.).
23. 134Cs bioaccumulation in the King scallop Pecten maximus: investigation via three exposure pathways. J. Environ. Radioact. 2011, 102:543-550.
24. MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Japan) Radioactivity Measurement Series 16 2003, (accessed 09.02.14.). http://www.kankyo-hoshano.go.jp/series/lib/No16.pdf.
25. Otosaka S., Kobayashi T. Sedimentation and remobilization of radiocesium in the coastal area of Ibaraki, 70 km south of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant. Environ. Monit. Assess. 2013, 185:5419-5433.
26. Povinec P.P., Hirose K., Aoyama M. Fukushima Accident: Radioactivity Impact on the Environment 2013, 1-382. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
27. Tateda Y., Tsumune D., Tsubono T. Simulation of radioactive cesium transfer in the southern Fukushima coastal biota using a dynamic food chain transfer model. J. Environ. Radioact. 2013, 124:1-12.
28. TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Co TEPCO News Press Releases 2013, (accessed 31.12.13.). http://www.tepco.co.jp/nu/fukushima-np/.
29. 137Cs anomalies on the seafloor near the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant. Mar. Pol. Bull. 2013, 74:344-350.
30. Topcuoğlu S. Bioaccumulation of cesium-137 by biota in different aquatic environments. Chemosphere 2001, 44:691-695.
31. 137Cs from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant simulated numerically by a regional ocean model. J. Environ. Radioact. 2012, 111:100-108.
32. Ueda T., Nakamura R., Suzuki Y. Comparison of influences of sediments and seawater on accumulation of radionuclides by worms. J. Radiat. Res. 1977, 18:84-92.
33. Ueda T., Nakamura R., Suzuki Y. Comparison of influences of sediments and seawater on accumulation of radionuclides by marine organisms. J. Radiat. Res. 1978, 19:93-99.
34. Ueda Y. Reproduction and growth of Trachypenaeus curvirostris (Penaeidae, Decapoda, Crustacea) in Kii Channel. Suisanzoshoku 1987, 35:161-169. (in Japanese with English abstract).
35. Wada T., Nemoto Y., Shimamura S., Fujita T., Mizuno T., Sohtome T., Kamiyama K., Morita T., Igarashi S. Effects of the nuclear disaster on marine products in Fukushima. J. Environ. Radioact. 2013, 124:246-254.
36. Wakeford R. And now, Fukushima. J. Radiol. Prot. 2011, 31:167-176.
37. Yamada H., Kawamura T., Takeuchi T., Yamashita Y. Effects of dietary condition on the survival, growth and reproduction of Acanthomysis mitsukurii (Crustacea, Mysidacea). Bull. Plankton Soc. Jpn. 1995, 42:43-52.