@article{0a936f39772a429892348830d10f270a,
title = "“Caddisfly watch,” a biomonitoring program using Stenopsyche larvae to determine radioactive cesium contamination in rivers following the Fukushima nuclear disaster",
abstract = "The “Caddisfly Watch” program proposes the use of larvae of the caddisfly genus Stenopsyche (Trichoptera: Stenopsychidae) to monitor the radioactive cesium (137Cs) pollution, including that of suspended solids, in river environments, as a simple method was essential for this following the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011. A variety of aquatic organisms were collected from rivers in Japan in 2012 and their levels of radioactive Cs measured. Amongst all the organisms collected, the highest concentrations of 137Cs were observed in caddisfly larvae. These larvae occur at a high density and can be collected at regular intervals in most rivers throughout Japan. It is proposed that caddisfly larvae can be used as bioindicators of radioactive Cs contamination in rivers, as their temporal and spatial changes are easily assessed.",
keywords = "Aquatic insect, Bioaccumulation, Bioindicator, Trichoptera",
author = "Daisuke Ueno and Hazuki Mizukawa and Osamu Inanami and Hiromitsu Nagasaka and Nozomi Tatsuta and Yukinori Narazaki and Takeshi Fujino and Izumi Watanabe and Yutaka Kameda and Kunihiko Nakai",
note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgements This study was supported by a Grant‑in‑Aid for Scientific Research (A) (no. 15K11954) from the Japan Society for Promotion of Science, and the Environment Research and Technology Development Fund (ZRFb‑1201) of the Ministry of the Environment, Japan. Part of this study and analyses were supported by the River Fund (27‑1211‑002) of the River Foundation, Japan, as well as the Chemi‑ cal Innovation Encouragement Prize from the Japan Association for Chemical Innovation. The authors would like to thank Kazusa Hirata, Takeshi Hirano, Eijiro Ohtsubo, and Yuki Matsuo for their technical support. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018, International Consortium of Landscape and Ecological Engineering and Springer Japan KK.",
year = "2018",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/s11355-017-0333-y",
language = "English",
volume = "14",
pages = "29--35",
journal = "Landscape and Ecological Engineering",
issn = "1860-1871",
publisher = "Springer Japan",
number = "1",
}