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Michio Aoyama is affiliated with the University of Tsukuba in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions to global and planetary change, radiological and ultrasound technology, safety and risk management, inorganic chemistry, and oceanography as subfields of study.

The scientist's main topics of work include radioactive contamination and transfer, radioactivity and radon measurements, nuclear and radioactivity studies, radioactive element chemistry and processing, nuclear issues and defense, marine and coastal ecosystems, and methane hydrates and related phenomena.

Michio Aoyama has authored notable papers such as:

  • "GO-SHIP Repeat Hydrography Nutrient Manual: The Precise and Accurate Determination of Dissolved Inorganic Nutrients in Seawater, Using Continuous Flow Analysis Methods" (2020, Frontiers in Marine Science)
  • "Mass balance and latest fluxes of radiocesium derived from the Fukushima accident in the western North Pacific Ocean and coastal regions of Japan" (2020, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity)
  • "Impacts of direct release and river discharge on oceanic 137Cs derived from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident" (2020, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity)
  • "Suspended Particle-Water Interactions Increase Dissolved 137Cs Activities in the Nearshore Seawater during Typhoon Hagibis" (2020, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • "Atlantic-origin water extension into the Pacific Arctic induced an anomalous biogeochemical event" (2023, Nature Communications)

The most frequent co-authors collaborating with Aoyama include:

  • Yutaka Tateda (14 joint publications)
  • Pavel P. Povinec (11 joint publications)
  • Katsumi Hirose (10 joint publications)
  • Akihiko Murata (6 joint publications)
  • Daisuke Tsumune (6 joint publications)

Michio Aoyama's research is predominantly published in several key venues, such as:

  • Journal of Environmental Radioactivity (9 publications)
  • Earth System Science Data (2 publications)
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin (2 publications)
  • Frontiers in Marine Science (1 publication)
  • Nature Communications (1 publication)

Their work often crosses interdisciplinary boundaries, integrating environmental monitoring, radiological measurements, and oceanographic processes. These contributions address the distribution and effects of radioactive substances in marine environments, especially relating to events like the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident.

Best Publications

  • Impacts of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plants on Marine Radioactivity

    Ken O. Buesseler;Michio Aoyama;Masao Fukasawa

  • Distribution of oceanic 137Cs from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant simulated numerically by a regional ocean model.

    Daisuke Tsumune;Takaki Tsubono;Michio Aoyama;Katsumi Hirose

  • Fukushima Daiichi–Derived Radionuclides in the Ocean: Transport, Fate, and Impacts

    Ken O. Buesseler;Minhan Dai;Michio Aoyama;Claudia R. Benítez-Nelson

  • Re-construction and updating our understanding on the global weapons tests 137Cs fallout

    Michio Aoyama;Katsumi Hirose;Yasuhito Igarashi

  • Dispersion of artificial caesium-134 and -137 in the western North Pacific one month after the Fukushima accident

    Makio C. Honda;Tatsuo Aono;Michio Aoyama;Yasunori Hamajima

  • 134Cs and 137Cs in the North Pacific Ocean derived from the March 2011 TEPCO Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, Japan. Part two: estimation of 134Cs and 137Cs inventories in the North Pacific Ocean

    Michio Aoyama;Mizuo Kajino;Taichu Y. Tanaka;Tsuyoshi Thomas Sekiyama

  • 134Cs and 137Cs in the North Pacific Ocean derived from the March 2011 TEPCO Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, Japan. Part one: surface pathway and vertical distributions

    Michio Aoyama;Yasunori Hamajima;Mikael Hult;Mitsuo Uematsu

  • One-year, regional-scale simulation of 137 Cs radioactivity in the ocean following the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident

    D. Tsumune;T. Tsubono;M. Aoyama;M. Uematsu

  • Cesium, iodine and tritium in NW Pacific waters - a comparison of the Fukushima impact with global fallout

    P. P. Povinec;M. Aoyama;D. Biddulph;R. Breier

  • High level radioactive nuclides in Japan in May.

    M. Aoyama;K. Hirose;Y. Suzuki;H. Inoue

  • Analysis of the 50-year records of the atmospheric deposition of long-lived radionuclides in Japan

    K. Hirose;Y. Igarashi;M. Aoyama

  • Determination of dissolved nutrients (N, P, Si) in seawater with high precision and inter-comparability using gas-segmented continuous flow analysers

    DJ Hydes;M Aoyama;A Aminot;Dce Bakker

  • Radiostrontium in the Western North Pacific: Characteristics, Behavior, and the Fukushima Impact

    Pavel P. Povinec;Katsumi Hirose;Katsumi Hirose;Michio Aoyama

  • IAEA’97 expedition to the NW Pacific Ocean—results of oceanographic and radionuclide investigations of the water column

    Pavel P Povinec;Hugh D Livingston;Shigeki Shima;Michio Aoyama

  • Southward spreading of the Fukushima-derived radiocesium across the Kuroshio Extension in the North Pacific

    Yuichiro Kumamoto;Michio Aoyama;Yasunori Hamajima;Tatsuo Aono

  • Surface pathway of radioactive plume of TEPCO Fukushima NPP1 released 134 Cs and 137 Cs

    M. Aoyama;M. Uematsu;D. Tsumune;Y. Hamajima

  • Annual deposition of Sr-90, Cs-137 and Pu-239, 240 from the 1961 - 1980 nuclear explosions: a simple model

    K. Hirose;M. Aoyama;Y. Katsuragi;Y. Sugimura

  • Distribution of 137Cs and 134Cs in the North Pacific Ocean: impacts of the TEPCO Fukushima-Daiichi NPP accident

    Michio Aoyama;Daisuke Tsumune;Yasunori Hamajima

  • Temporal variation of 134Cs and 137Cs activities in surface water at stations along the coastline near the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident site, Japan

    Michio Aoyama;Daisuke Tsumune;Mitsuo Uematsu;Fumiyoshi Kondo

  • Artificial radionuclides database in the Pacific Ocean: HAM database.

    Michio Aoyama;Katsumi Hirose

Frequent Co-Authors

Katsumi Hirose
Katsumi Hirose Sophia University
Yasuhito Igarashi
Yasuhito Igarashi Kyoto University
Akihiko Murata
Akihiko Murata Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Pavel P. Povinec
Pavel P. Povinec Comenius University
Shigeto Nishino
Shigeto Nishino Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Mitsuo Uematsu
Mitsuo Uematsu University of Tokyo
Minhan Dai
Minhan Dai Xiamen University
Joan-Albert Sanchez-Cabeza
Joan-Albert Sanchez-Cabeza National Autonomous University of Mexico
Ken O. Buesseler
Ken O. Buesseler Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Pere Masqué
Pere Masqué Edith Cowan University

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