Transfer of radiocaesium from contaminated bottom sediments to marine organisms through benthic food chains in post-Fukushima and post-Chernobyl periods

After the earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011 damaged the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP), an accidental release of a large amount of radioactive isotopes into both the air and the ocean occurred. Measurements provided by the Japanese agencies over the past 5 years show that eleva...

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Main Authors: R. Bezhenar, K. T. Jung, V. Maderich, S. Willemsen, G. de With, F. Qiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2016-05-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/13/3021/2016/bg-13-3021-2016.pdf