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Fig. 2.
Decline over a period 1 to 4 years after the March 1, 1954
detonation at Bikini Atoll, of the gross beta radioactivity as
measured in methane flow counters using samples of tissues of lagoon
and Rongelap Island reef fishes collected at the indicated times at
Rongelap Atoll. Dashed lines indicate lack of observations immediately
following the Redwing series (R).
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