KAKUMA Minato
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Affiliation
Regional Environmental Co-Creation Unit （Collection and dissemination of data and knowledge on nuclear disasters）
Position
Researcher
Final Education
Completed the doctoral program at the Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University
Degree(s)
Ph.D. in Informatics
Research Keywords
Material Cycling, Radiocesium, Forest–River Ecosystems, Food Webs, Stable Isotope Ratios
Research Area
Radioecology, Food Web Ecology, Biosphere Informatics
Academic Affiliations
- Ecological Society of Japan
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Peer-Reviewed Papers
- Tatsuno, T., Waki, H., Sayama, Y., Kakuma, M., Nihei, N., Murakami, M., Wada, T., Ohte, N. 2026. “Distribution of Radioactive Cesium-Rich Microparticles along Forested Slopes and in Small Watersheds of Fukushima.” Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 335: 4603–4617.
- Kakuma, M., Wada, T., Murakami, M., Tatsuno, T., Ishii, N., Kobayashi, N. I., Kurosawa, T., Sayama, Y., Nihei, N., Ohte, N. 2025. “Environmental and Biological Drivers of 137Cs Accumulation in Freshwater Fish across Forested and Downstream Sites in Fukushima.” Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 290: 107810.
Lectures / Oral Presentations, etc.
- Kakuma M., Murakami M., Wada T., Ohte N., “Transfer of radiocesium through food webs in forest and river ecosystems.”: The 26th IUFRO World Congress, (2024).
- Kakuma M., Wada T., Tatsuno T., Ohte N., “Transfer of radiocesium to Japanese mitten crabs inhabiting the difficult-to-return zone in Fukushima Prefecture.”: The 71st Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan, (2024).
- Kakuma M., Wada T., Tatsuno T., Ohte N., “Transfer of artificial radiocesium to freshwater fish through the food webs in Fukushima.”: International Symposium on Natural and Artificial Radiation Exposures and Radiological Protection Studies (NARE2023), (2023).
Awards
- The 71st Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan “Best Poster Award (Material cycling)”
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