“adlonuciide concentrations in cirds and tird eggs at iikin: Atoll. Concentration. - Source Lymen ¢5 al” - . ~ ~Slana Oroken 23 Sam- . Sdecies Dle Fairy tern L - 2Ci,g wet weight a 50 ‘Muscle 9.26 3.079 - — Q.15 — ~ Tissue Co 137 Cs 90. Sr 229,24 405, Zeld~ ' Noddy tarn 5 Muscle 1.3 'y 4 y a 5 = -s Liver wei <0.4 _ - " " 5 Muscle 9.29 <0.4 _- _ t " c 5 Te Liver 9.42 <0.4 _ _ Sooty and noody tern 4 Muscle 9.30 <0.017 9.013 _ Bird eggs _ theiled ).06 09.13 0.07 - Yic “Nelson.-° unpuolishedad Fairy tern t Nam " " tT 7 9 / J e2e ; . 30. the resultizg dose compared to Sr a nd 137 Table 20. Average radionuclide concentrations in birds and bird Cs is very small. eggs at Bikini Atoll. Concentration, TERRESTRIAL FOOD CHAIN pCi/g wet weight 60.5 The availability of locally grown terrestrial food products was still minimal in June 1975. Thousands of coconut trees were planted in the Birds 3ird eggs 1374, 90... 239,240, 0.76 0.22 0.04 0.022 9.015 0.033 0.018 3.0059 latter half of 1969 on Bikini and Eneu, but only a few were bearing fruit in 1975. Pandanus fruit and breadfruit were planted during the Island and produced fruit during the same time period on Bikini Island, and past two years. the first few fruits from these trees As a result of the sparsity of appeared over the past vear and a available food crops, our goals in the half. The number of these trees is, limited survey were to sample the however, not great and their distri- vegetation of all species of ‘food bution is limited. crops available as well as indicator No breadfruit or Pandanus fruit were planted on Eneu. plants such as Seaevoia and “’esser- Banana and tapaya trees were also schmtdta, to sample edible fruit where Dlanted at <=vo locations on Bikini available, and to take soil >rotile