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Lerebours, A.; Smith, J.T.

Impact of environmental radiation on the health and reproductive status of fish from Japan, 2017

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https://doi.org/10.5285/07347484-5d35-4335-bdbe-ac9d7b33c84f
Data set presents results from fish biometry field work within four lakes in Japan (Suzuuchi, Funazawa, Kashiramori, Abakuma). Data comprise sampling location, fish species, sex, length, weight (total fish, gonad and liver weight). Fish were sampled during May 2017; target species included crucian carp, common carp and smallmouth bass. For the health and reproductive status assessment, fish of similar weight and total length were collected. Gill nets (20 m length and 21 mm mesh size) were employed to ensure capture of homogeneous groups of mature fish.
The work described here was conducted under the TREE project (http://tree.ceh.ac.uk/) funded by the Natural Environment Research Council, Environment Agency and Radioactive Waste Management Ltd.
Publication date: 2019-08-20
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Format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
WGS 84

Temporal information

Temporal extent
2017-05-08    to    2017-05-18

Provenance & quality

Fish were carefully removed from the nets and kept alive into tanks containing aerated water. Fish fell unconscious by a blow to the head and were then killed by performing a concussion of the brain to limit as much as possible the suffering as recommended by the UK Home Office procedure (Animals Scientific Procedures Act, 198618). Scales were sampled for age determination. Body weight, total length, and gonadal weight recorded for each fish. The gonads were dissected, weighted, fixed in buffered formalin solution for 24h and preserved in ethanol for later study.
File uploaded is of the biometry data retrieved from the field work.

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This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence

Cite this dataset as:
Lerebours, A.; Smith, J.T. (2019). Impact of environmental radiation on the health and reproductive status of fish from Japan, 2017. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/07347484-5d35-4335-bdbe-ac9d7b33c84f

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© University of Portsmouth

© Environment Agency

© Radioactive Waste Management

Correspondence/contact details

Yasmin Guler
University of Portsmouth
 yasminguler@hotmail.com

Authors

Lerebours, A.
University of Portsmouth
Smith, J.T.
University of Portsmouth

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Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories
biota
environment
Keywords
Carp , Environmental survey , Fukushima , Japan , Radioecology
Funding
Natural Environment Research Council
Last updated
01 March 2024 11:28