Detecting pan-Atlantic migration in salmon ( Salmo salar ) using 137 Cs

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Tucker, Strahan, Pazzia, Ivano, Rowan, David, Rasmussen, Joseph B
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1999
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Canada; Marguerite; Marguerite River; Atlantic salmon; North Atlantic; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f99-267; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f99-267

137 Cs is a globally dispersed radioisotope that is transferred efficiently through the food chain. There is a strong east-west gradient of 137 Cs in the waters of the North Atlantic due to anthropogenic inputs from Europe, with levels exceeding 10 Bq·m -3 in the Irish Sea and concentrations <1.5...