Appendix Table B.
Gross beta radioactivity of the biological
samples collected at Kapingamarangi Atoll,
July 24, 1958; expressed in d/m/g of wet
The 0.95
tissue at time of analysis*.
counting error is included.
Species
Tissue
Land Plants
Breadrruit
Coconut
Fruit
Meat
Milk
d/m/z
10 t 4.1
Bed.
h.it
.82
Invertebrates
am
(Tridacna
crocea)
Muscle
Kidney
9.4 $1.7
Bed.
110 = 15
120 - 17
Visceral masa 4.9 t 2.8
6.1 7 3.1
Coconut crab
Carapace
Hermit crab
Carapace
Abdomen
Bed.
12 t 4.3
49 t 18
50 t 18
37 19
Abdomen
77 t 21
Bed.
4.6 t 3.6
5.0 z 4.0
4.6 > 3.6
Sea cucumber
Muscle
Integument
Gonad
ho t 6.5
Gut and
contents
Fish
Mixed reef fish
55 t 6.9
28 t 4.1
25 $4.7
Entire
2l
-
3.9
13 t 2.4
+
19 7 9.6
11 = 9.0
9.1 7 4.2
7.0 t 3.8
®Samples were collected during Operation Hardtack and were
counted 9/18-27/58s; the fish samples were counted 10/19/59.