| Description |
xi, 238 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction. Overview of Our Research on Impacts of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident on Fish and Fishing Grounds / Kaoru Nakata and Hiroya Sugisaki -- Part I. Seawater and Plankton -- 134Cs and 137Cs in the Seawater Around Japan and in the North Pacific / Hideki Kaeriyama -- Temporal Changes in 137 Cs Concentration in Zooplankton and Seawater off the Joban6Sanriku Coast, and in Sendai Bay, After the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Accident / Hideki Kaeriyama -- Part II. Sediments and Benthos -- Three-Dimensional Distribution of Radiocesium in Sea Sediment Derived from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant / Daisuke Ambe, Hideki Kaeriyama, Yuya Shigenobu, Ken Fujimoto, Tsuneo Ono, Hideki Sawada, Hajime Saito, Mikiko Tanaka, Shizuho Miki, Takashi Setou, Takami Morita, and Tomowo Watanabe -- Radiocesium Concentrations in the Organic Fraction of Sea Sediments / Tsuneo Ono, Daisuke Ambe, Hideki Kaeriyama, Yuya Shigenobu, Ken Fujimoto, Kiyoshi Sogame, Nobuya Nishiura, Takashi Fujikawa, Takami Morita, and Tomowo Watanabe -- Bottom Turbidity, Boundary Layer Dynamics, and Associated Transport of Suspended Particulate Materials off the Fukushima Coast / Hiroshi Yagi, Kouichi Sugimatsu, Shigeru Kawamata, Akiyoshi Nakayama, and Toru Udagawa -- Investigation of Radiocesium Translation from Contaminated Sediment to Benthic Organisms / Yuya Shigenobu, Daisuke Ambe, Hideki Kaeriyama, Tadahiro Sohtome, Takuji Mizuno, Yuichi Koshiishi, Shintaro Yamasaki, and Tsuneo Ono -- Part III. Marine Fish -- 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 / Takami Morita, Kaori Takagi, Ken Fujimoto, Daisuke Ambe, Hideki Kaeriyama, Yuya Shigenobu, Shizuho Miki, Tsuneo Ono, and Tomowo Watanabe -- Radiocesium Concentration of Small Epipelagic Fishes (Sardine and Japanese Anchovy) off the Kashima-Boso Area / Kaori Takagi, Ken Fujimoto, Tomowo Watanabe, Hideki Kaeriyama, Yuya Shigenobu, Shizuho Miki, Tsuneo Ono, Kenji Morinaga, Kaoru Nakata, and Takami Morita -- Why Do the Radionuclide Concentrations of Pacific Cod Depend on the Body Size? / Yoji Narimatsu, Tadahiro Sohtome, Manabu Yamada, Yuya Shigenobu, Yutaka Kurita, Tsutomu Hattori, and Ryo Inagawa -- Radiocesium Contamination Histories of Japanese Flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) After the 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident / Yutaka Kurita, Yuya Shigenobu, Toru Sakuma, and Shin-ichi Ito -- Part IV. Mechanisms of Severe Contamination in Fish -- Evaluating the Probability of Catching Fat Greenlings (Hexagrammos otakii) Highly Contaminated with Radiocesium off the Coast of Fukushima / Yuya Shigenobu, Ken Fujimoto, Daisuke Ambe, Hideki Kaeriyama, Tsuneo Ono, Takami Morita, and Tomowo Watanabe -- Analysis of the Contamination Process of the Extremely Contaminated Fat Greenling by Fukushima-Derived Radioactive Material / Tomowo Watanabe, Ken Fujimoto, Yuya Shigenobu, Hideki Kaeriyama, and Takami Morita -- Contamination Levels of Radioactive Cesium in Fat Greenling Caught at the Main Port of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant / Ken Fujimoto, Shizuho Miki, and Tamaki Morita -- Part V. Freshwater Systems -- Comparison of the Radioactive Cesium Contamination Level of Fish and their Habitat Among Three Lakes in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, After the Fukushima Fallout / Keishi Matsuda, Kaori Takagi, Atsushi Tomiya, Masahiro Enomoto, Jun-ichi Tsuboi, Hideki Kaeriyama, Daisuke Ambe, Ken Fujimoto, Tsuneo Ono, Kazuo Uchida, and Shoichiro Yamamoto -- Radiocesium Concentrations and Body Size of Freshwater Fish in Lake Hayama 1 Year After the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident / Kaori Takagi, Shoichiro Yamamoto, Keishi Matsuda, Atsushi Tomiya, Masahiro Enomoto, Yuya Shigenobu, Ken Fujimoto, Tsuneo Ono, Takami Morita, Kazuo Uchida, and Tomowo Watanabe -- Spatiotemporal Monitoring of 134Cs and 137Cs in Ayu, Plecoglossus altivelis, a Microalgae-Grazing Fish, and in Their Freshwater Habitats in Fukushima / Jun-ichi Tsuboi, Shin-ichiro Abe, Ken Fujimoto, Hideki Kaeriyama, Daisuke Ambe, Keishi Matsuda, Masahiro Enomoto, Atsushi Tomiya, Takami Morita, Tsuneo Ono, Shoichiro Yamamoto, and Kei'ichiro Iguchi -- Radiocesium Concentrations in the Muscle and Eggs of Salmonids from Lake Chuzenji, Japan, After the Fukushima Fallout / Shoichiro Yamamoto, Tetsuya Yokoduka, Ken Fujimoto, Kaori Takagi, and Tsuneo Ono -- Assessment of Radiocesium Accumulation by Hatchery-Reared Salmonids After the Fukushima Nuclear Accident / Shoichiro Yamamoto, Kouji Mutou, Hidefumi Nakamura, Kouta Miyamoto, Kazuo Uchida, Kaori Takagi, Ken Fujimoto, Hideki Kaeriyama, and Tsuneo Ono |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Fisheries -- Japan.
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Fishes -- Effect of radioactive pollution on -- Japan.
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Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011.
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Nuclear accidents -- Environmental aspects -- Japan.
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| Author |
Nakata, Kaoru, editor
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Sugisaki, Hiroya, editor
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| LC no. |
2015939907 |
| ISBN |
4431555366 |
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4431562575 |
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9784431555360 |
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9784431562573 |
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