Impacts of the Fukushima Nuclear accident on fish and fishing grounds [electronic resource] / edited by Kaoru Nakata, Hiroya Sugisaki.
Nakata, Kaoru, editor.; Sugisaki, Hiroya, editor.
2015
SH177.R33
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Title
Impacts of the Fukushima Nuclear accident on fish and fishing grounds [electronic resource] / edited by Kaoru Nakata, Hiroya Sugisaki.
ISBN
9784431555377 electronic book
4431555374 electronic book
9784431555360
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55537-7
Published
Tokyo : Springer, 2015.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xi, 238 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-4-431-55537-7 doi
Call Number
SH177.R33
Dewey Decimal Classification
571.9/54
Summary
This book presents the results from the Japanese Fisheries Research Agency's 3-year intensive monitoring of radionuclides in a variety of fish, plankton, benthos, and their living environments after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FNPP) accident in March 2011. The book reveals the dynamics of contamination processes in marine and freshwater fish, mediated by the contamination of water, sediments, and food organisms; it also clarifies the mechanisms by which large variations in the level of contamination occurs among individual fish. Most importantly, the book includes a large amount of original measurement data collected in situ and for the first time assesses diffusion of radiocesium across the Pacific using both in situ data and a numerical simulation model. Also introduced are several new approaches to evaluate the impact of the release of radionuclides, including the measurement of radiation emission from an otolith section to identify the main period of contamination in fish. The FNPP accident represents a rare instance where the environmental radioactivity level was elevated steeply through atmospheric fallout and direct discharge of radioactive water into the sea over a short period of time. Replete with precise scientific data, this book will serve as an important resource for research in fields such as fishery science, oceanography, ecology, and environmentology, and also as a solid basis for protecting fisheries from damage resulting from harmful rumors among the general public.
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1 Introduction: Overview of Our Research on Impacts of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident on Fish and Fishing Grounds
Part I Seawater and Plankton
2 134Cs and 137Cs in the Seawater Around Japan and in the North Pacific
3 Temporal Changes in 137Cs Concentration in Zooplankton and Seawater off the Joban-Sanriku Coast, and in Sendai Bay, After the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Accident
Part II Sediments and Benthos
4 Three-Dimensional Distribution of Radiocesium in Sea Sediment Derived from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant
5 Radiocesium Concentrations in the Organic Fraction of Sea Sediments
6 Bottom Turbidity, Boundary Layer Dynamics, and Associated Transport of Suspended Particulate Materials off the Fukushima Coast
7 Investigation of Radiocesium Translation from Contaminated Sediment to Benthic Organisms
Part III Marine Fish
8 Detection of 131I, 134Cs, and 137Cs Released into the Atmosphere from FNPP in Small Epipelagic Fishes, Japanese Sardine and Japanese Anchovy, off the Kanto Area, Japan
9 Radiocesium Concentration of Small Epipelagic Fishes (Sardine and Japanese Anchovy) off the Kashima-Boso Area
10 Why Do the Radionuclide Concentrations of Pacific Cod Depend on the Body Size?
11 Radiocesium Contamination Histories of Japanese Flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) After the 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident
Part IV Mechanisms of Severe Contamination in Fish
12 Evaluating the Probability of Catching Fat Greenlings (Hexagrammos otakii) Highly Contaminated with Radiocesium off the Coast of Fukushima
13 Analysis of the Contamination Process of the Extremely Contaminated Fat Greenling by Fukushima-Derived Radioactive Material
14 Contamination Levels of Radioactive Cesium in Fat Greenling Caught at the Main Port of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant
Part V Freshwater Systems
15 Comparison of Radioactive Cesium Contamination of Lake Water, Bottom Sediment, Plankton, and Freshwater Fish Among Lakes of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, After the Fukushima Fallout
16 Radiocesium Concentrations and Body Size of Freshwater Fish in Lake Hayama 1 Year After the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident
17 Spatiotemporal Monitoring of 134Cs and 137Cs in Ayu, Plecoglossus altivelis, a Microalgae-Grazing Fish, and in Their Freshwater Habitats in Fukushima
18 Radiocesium Concentrations in the Muscle and Eggs of Salmonids from Lake Chuzenji, Japan, After the Fukushima Fallout
19 Assessment of Radiocesium Accumulation by Hatchery-Reared Salmonids After the Fukushima Nuclear Accident.

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