Comparison of radioactive cesium contamination of lake water, bottom sediment, plankton, and freshwater fish among lakes of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan after the Fukushima fallout

Fisheries Science

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 737-747

  Matsuda, Keishi ^a   Takagi, Kaori ^a   Tomiya, Atsushi ^b   Enomoto, Masahiro ^b   Tsuboi, Jun ichi ^a   Kaeriyama, Hideki ^c   Ambe, Daisuke ^c   Fujimoto, Ken ^c   Ono, Tsuneo ^c   Uchida, Kazuo ^d   Morita, Takami ^c   Yamamoto, Shoichiro ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Fukushima Prefectural Fisheries Experimental Station   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN FISHERIES RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fukushima fallout; Lake Akimoto; Lake Hayama; Lake Tagokura; Piscivorous fish; Radiocesium contamination; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937967559     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12562-015-0874-7     Document Type: Article

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