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Tracking the Fate of Particle Associated Fukushima Daiichi Cesium in the Ocean off Japan

Overview of attention for article published in Environmental Science & Technology, July 2015
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Title
Tracking the Fate of Particle Associated Fukushima Daiichi Cesium in the Ocean off Japan
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Environmental Science & Technology, July 2015
DOI 10.1021/acs.est.5b02635
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Ken O. Buesseler, Christopher R. German, Makio C. Honda, Shigeyoshi Otosaka, Erin E. Black, Hajime Kawakami, Steven J. Manganini, Steven M. Pike

Abstract

A three year time-series of particle fluxes is presented from sediment traps deployed at 500 and 1000 m at a site 115 km southeast of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP). Results show a high fraction of lithogenic material and mass flux peaks that do not align between the trap depths, suggesting a lateral source of sediments. Fukushima cesium-137 and cesium-134 were enhanced in flux peaks that, given variations in trap 137Cs/210Pbex ratios, are characteristic of material derived from shelf and slope sediments found from <120 to >500 m. These lateral flux peaks are possibly triggered by passing typhoons. The Cs fluxes are an order of magnitude higher than were previously reported for the trap located 100 km due east of FDNPP. We attribute this large difference to the position of our trap under the southeasterly currents that carry contaminated waters and resuspended sediments away from FDNPP and into the Pacific. These higher Cs sedimentary fluxes offshore are still small relative to the inventory of Cs currently buried nearshore. Consequently, we do not expect them to effect any rapid decrease in Cs levels for the coastal sediments near FDNPP that have been linked to enhanced Cs in demersal fish.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 11 22%
Researcher 10 20%
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 12%
Professor > Associate Professor 5 10%
Student > Master 5 10%
Other 7 14%
Unknown 6 12%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Earth and Planetary Sciences 12 24%
Environmental Science 10 20%
Chemistry 6 12%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 10%
Engineering 3 6%
Other 8 16%
Unknown 6 12%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 61. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 March 2021.
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#701,860
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#1,044
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