Agricultural Implications of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nakanishi, Tomoko M. (Editor), Tanoi, Keitaro (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Environment.; Food > Biotechnology.; Agriculture.; Animal ecology.; Plant ecology.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.; Food Science.; Plant Ecology.; Animal Ecology.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.

Following the Fukushima nuclear accident, a large volume of monitoring data has been collected about the soil, air, dust, and seawater, along with data about an immense number of foods supplied to the market. Little is known, however, about the effect of radioactive fallout on agriculture, informati...