Impacts of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident on Fish and Fishing Grounds

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

"Here, experts in the fields of marine and freshwater ecology ... provide the first comprehensive results of studies on the effects of this radioactive release on both marine and freshwater systems. ... The primary nature of the research makes this title most appropriate for advanced students in marine and freshwater fisheries and marine ecology programs, as well as researchers in related fields such as environmental science. ... Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners." (K. R. Thompson, Choice, Vol. 53 (6), February, 2016)