From: Radioactive cesium accumulation in freshwater fishes after the Fukushima nuclear accident
Species | Number of analysed betweeen May 2011 and March 2012 | Number of data above detection limit betweeen May 2011 and March 2012 (Ratio of detectable (%)) | Number of analysed betweeen April 2012 and March 2013 | Number of data above detection limit betweeen April 2012 and March 2013 (Ratio of detectable (%)) | Number of analysed betweeen April 2013 and March 2014 | Number of data above detection limit betweeen April 2013 and March 2014 (Ratio of detectable (%)) | ||||||
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Total Cs* | 134Cs | 137Cs | Total Cs* | 134Cs | 137Cs | Total Cs* | 134Cs | 137Cs | ||||
Plecoglossus altivelis | 74 | 68 | n/a | n/a | 59 | 29 | 24 | 28 | 49 | 24 | 15 | 24 |
(ayu) | (91.9) | (49.2) | (40.7) | (47.5) | (49.0) | (30.6) | (49.0) | |||||
Salvelinus leucomaenis | 44 | 41 | n/a | n/a | 161 | 113 | 89 | 110 | 177 | 129 | 68 | 127 |
(white-spotted char) | (93.2) | (70.2) | (55.3) | (68.3) | (72.9) | (38.4) | (71.8) | |||||
Tribolodon hakonensis | 46 | 43 | n/a | n/a | 64 | 55 | 33 | 54 | 75 | 39 | 16 | 39 |
(Japanese dace) | (93.5) | (85.9) | (51.6) | (84.4) | (52.0) | (21.3) | (52.0) | |||||
Anguilla japonica | 3 | 2 | n/a | n/a | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
(Japanese eel) | (66.7) | (100) | (100) | (100) | (100) | (100) | (100) | |||||
Carassius langsdorfii | 18 | 2 | n/a | n/a | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 16 |
(Japanese silver crucian carp) | (11.1) | (100) | (100) | (100) | (94.1) | (82.4) | (94.1) | |||||
Carassius cuvieri | 3 | 3 | n/a | n/a | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
(Japanese white crucian carp) | (100) | (100) | (100) | (100) | (100) | (100) | (100) | |||||
Cyprinus carpio | 13 | 11 | n/a | n/a | 23 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 16 |
(common carp) | (84.6) | (82.6) | (69.6) | (82.6) | (94.1) | (58.8) | (94.1) | |||||
Micropterus dolomieu | 5 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
(smallmouth bass) | (100) | |||||||||||
Misgurnus anguillicaudatu | 4 | 4 | n/a | n/a | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
(weather loach) | (100) | (100) | (0) | (0) | (0) | (0) | (0) | |||||
Hemibarbus barbus | 2 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
(barbel steed) | (100) | |||||||||||
Oncorhynchus mykiss | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
(rainbow trout) | (0) | (0) | (0) | (0) | ||||||||
Oncorhynchus nerka | 6 | 6 | n/a | n/a | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
(sockeye salmon) | (100) | (100) | (100) | (100) | (100) | (100) | (100) | |||||
Oncorhynchus masou | 69 | 63 | n/a | n/a | 120 | 89 | 68 | 89 | 145 | 89 | 51 | 89 |
(masu salmon) | (91.3) | (74.2) | (56.7) | (74.2) | (61.4) | (35.2) | (61.4) | |||||
Hypomesus nipponensis | 39 | 39 | n/a | n/a | 29 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 11 |
(pond smelt) | (100) | (89.7) | (86.2) | (89.7) | (84.6) | (46.2) | (84.6) |