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标题：Temporal variation of cesium isotope concentrations and atom ratios in zooplankton in the Pacific off the east coast of Japan
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作者：Takahito Ikenoue ; Hyoe Takata ; Masashi Kusakabe 等
期刊名称：Scientific Reports
电子版ISSN：2045-2322
出版年度：2017
卷号：7
期号：1
DOI：10.1038/srep39874
语种：English
出版社：Springer Nature
摘要：After the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in March 2011, concentrations of cesium isotopes ((133)Cs, (134)Cs, and (137)Cs) were measured in zooplankton collected in the Pacific off the east coast of Japan from May 2012 to February 2015. The time series of the data exhibited sporadic (137)Cs concentration peaks in zooplankton. In addition, the atom ratio of (137)Cs/(133)Cs in zooplankton was consistently high compared to that in ambient seawater throughout the sampling period. These phenomena cannot be explained fully by the bioaccumulation of (137)Cs in zooplankton via ambient seawater intake, the inclusion of resuspended sediment in the plankton sample, or the taxonomic composition of the plankton. Autoradiography revealed highly radioactive particles within zooplankton samples, which could be the main factor underlying the sporadic appearance of high (137)Cs concentrations in zooplankton as well as the higher ratio of (137)Cs/(133)Cs in zooplankton than in seawater.