Lake Biwa, Japan

Sohrin, Y., Matsui, M., Kawashima, M. et al. (1997) Arsenic biogeochemistry affected by eutrophication in Lake Biwa, Japan. Environmental Science and Technology, 31(10), 2712-720. 

Lake Biwa, Japan Common cormorant 2001 26 Liver 1200 2800 ... 

Kubota, A., Iwata, H., Tanabe, S., Yoneda, K., Tobata, S., 2004. Levels and toxicokinetic behaviors of PCDD, PCDF, and coplanar PCB congeners in common cormorants from Lake Biwa, Japan. Environ. Sci. Technol. 38, 3853-3859. 

Okamura, H., Piao, M., Aoyama, L, Sudo, M., Okubo, T. and Nakamura, M. (2002) Algal growth inhibition by river water pollutants in the agricultural area around Lake Biwa, Japan, Environmental Pollution 117(3), 41 MI9. 

Ogawa, N., Koitabashi, T., Oda, H., Nakamura, T., Ohkouchi, N., and Wada, E. (2001) Fluctuations of nitrogen isotope ratios of gobiid fish (Ilsaza) specimens and sediments in lake Biwa, Japan, during the 20th century. Lirnnol. Oceanogr. 46, 1228-1236. 

Watanabe, M.F., Tsujimura, S., Oishi, S., Niki, T, and Namikoshi, M. 2003. Isolation and identification of homoanatoxin-a from a toxic strain of the cyanobacterium Raphidiopsis mediterranea Skuja isolated from Lake Biwa, Japan. 42. Phycologia 42, 364-369. 

Nishino M., Fukui M., and Nakajima T. (1998) Dense mats of Thioploca, gliding filamentous sulfur bacteria in Lake Biwa, Japan. Water Res. 32, 953—957. 

Meyers, P. A. S. Horie, 1993. An organic carbon isotopic record of glacial-postglacial change in atmospheric pCOi in the sediments of Lake Biwa, Japan. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclim. Palaeoecol. 105 171-178. 

Lake Biwa (Japan) has a noteworthy system of coping with contaminated sediments by removing them in such a way that they do not intrude into the water column. The sediments may then be immobilized by incorporating them into material used to pave roads (Lake Biwa Internet site www.jnto.go.jp/eng/TTP/PTG/PS/pg-502.pdf). 

This book is the third of a series that focuses on the progress and unique discoveries in an interdisciplinary scientific and technological area of biomedical application of polymers. The topics include polymeric materials for biomedical and pharmaceutical applications, as well as polymeric materials in therapeutics. The chapters in this book are based on the presentations made at the Third International Symposium on Frontiers in Biomedical Applications in conjunction with the Polymer Therapeutics Sytnposium that was held in Shiga (Lake Biwa) Japan on May 23-27, 1999. 

Common cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo Japan, 1993 liver total chlordanes Lake Biwa Adults 54 (16-98) FW 102... 

The Biwa pearl mussel, Hyriopsis schlegelii, is probably the most famous of the freshwater mussels. It was native to Lake Biwa in Japan, though the stocks are now very depleted. It was used in the production of Biwa pearls, which were the first freshwater, non-nucleated cultured pearls to come on the market. They were of an irregular oval shape. 

Sudo M., Kunimatsu T., and Okubo T. (2002) Concentration and loading of pesticide residues in Lake Biwa Basin (Japan). Water Res. 36(1), 315-329. 

Handa, N. (1972). Organogeochemical studies of a 200-meter core sample from Lake Biwa. I. The determination of carbohydrate and organic carbon. Proc. Japan Acad. 48, 510-515. 

Studies conducted on Lake Biwa in Japan (38,39) revealed the presence of methylarsenic (III) species, possibly (CH3)As(OH)2 and (CH3)2AsOH, at low concentrations. Speciation and concenttation of arsenic varied with the season, particularly in the euphotic southern basin of the lake where DMA(V) could be the dominant species. Similar compounds had been seen in sediment pore water from Yellowknife, Canada (41). 

Lake Biwa Honshu, Japan 6 -25.3 Meyers S Horie (1993)... 

Kikuchi, T., T. Mimura, K. Marimaya, H. Yano, T. Arimoto, Y. Masada, and T. Inoue Odorous Metabolic of Blue-Green Alga, Schizothrix muelleri Collected in the Southern Basin of Lake Biwa. Identification of Geosmin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. (Japan) 21, 2342 (1973) Chem. Abstr. 80, 117 938e (1974). 

The main activity of the PPF is to hold a Pacific Polymer Conference every two years, which is organized by the host member society. The 1st Pacific Polymer Conference was held on 12-16 December 1989 in Maui (Hawaii, USA) and the 2nd Pacific Polymer Conference was held at Lake Biwa, Otsu, near Kyoto (Japan) on 26-29 November 1991. 

The famous Biwa cultured pearls, named after the lake where they were farmed in Japan, were almost completely exterminated in the 1970s and 1980s. This was caused by a combination of factors, which included pollution from agricultural waste, overfishing, and a freshwater form of red tide. It is taking years to restock the lake with the mussels needed to produce these pearls. 

Khatib K., Rose J., Barres O., Stone W., Bottero J.-Y., and Anselme C., Physico-chemical study of fouUng mechanisms of ultrafiltration membrane on Biwa Lake (Japan), Journal of Membrane Science 130 1997 53-62. 

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