Se “TableVILL. Radioactivity of Birds Collected at Rongelap Atoll, 1950-55) 0heee Values expressed in thousands of d/m/g of wet tissue Date Island Named/ Skin 3/26/54 Labaredj noddy tern " Kabelle " " " " fairy tern " on ao" " " curlew 482. 51.0 555. " 380. 4,970. T/LG/54 Kabelle noddy tern ee " . " " " " fairy tern mo " " " " 4 " n " " a: «7 12/8/54 Kabelle —a " " " ~ uo. " " crested tern " curlew " noddy tern ' 1/26/55 Rongelap fairy tern ce ' " " " " n mM " " " " . " n it " " " " turnstone oe plover " " " " fairy tern 1/28/55 Labaredj noddy tern oo: " " " 1/30/55 Gejen a" 1/ ™~ " a " noddy tern fairy tern Noddy tern, Anous stolidus; 9.16 17.0 6.71 121. 68 .7 61.4 17.0 354. 9.40 110. .693 1.22 1.02 573 1.29 1.33 .823 1.57 5.84 1.57 1.81 403. 2.53 3.72 6.78 3.15 .074 .102 111 1.21 1.31 591 912 .334 .556 361 .430 .107 2.19 331 829 ‘776 279 6.92 150 851 2.39 .060 1.88 951 384 1.16 - Bone 1.58 1.29 1.20 .621 -789 " " fairy tern " " Muscle. .118 .140 .330 .266 / .623.5 .090 =. 045 358 «O41 .049 3.054 .108 Thyroid Lung 39.0 23.4 14.0 13.8 72.0 59.0 27.0 15.0 37.0 79.0 298 . 9.00 20.0 14.0 3.70 20.0 24.0 «=#14.7 15.8 4.38 11.0 8.34 3.88 150. 11.2 (1.75 255 351 447 435 1.09 3.16 2.07 Hill) 381.56 2.05 .357 1.04 248 .552 2345 Liver 1.58 2.27 . 387 157 430 42.0 Kidney 53.0 65.0 12.8 31.0 291. 66.0 8.05 2.26 5.52. 5.93 3.29 21.8 13.5 .314 =. 508 ~=—-.698 8.349 2.52 2.54 .68 1.99. 2.08 1.18 1,25 10.3 .391 .LA7 435 ,124 291 .132 394 112 1.51 2.98 2.53 £995 1.10 1.63 1.21 .1.79 1.91 1.40 585 .558 =. 437 -.213 585 1.07 .295 .078 317 .223 240 curlew, Numenius sp.; .800 490 1.04 .182 .217 .196 652 .566 934 .243 fairy tern, Gygis alba; 73.0 3.06 8.28 6.10 3°23 1.74 258 394 65.0 643. 793. 6.58 6.77 7.71° 4.85 .THO .061 125 | Oke Tleum | .085 .395 .154 -258 .069 . . 1167 crested tern, §terna bergil; turnstone, Arenaria interpres morinella; plover, Pliurialis dominica. .-