region of Kiceile istand in late 794.4 asd from 1956 to 1357. TM. tavattul putter, pcar Aabe lle Tsland is undoubtedly assoc- vate) with ite reoygrapateal location. corner cL the atoll, Girecily there, these &, refocoies it is so located that unless fallout occurs a long tine may be required for activity to drift Lagoon currents. Ki b-iie Telani, Isolated in the northeastern Although fallout in March 1954 did hit the adjacent lagoon area may have been temporarily by relatively uncontaminated ocean water entering from sae inter-Lsland cnanneis at the time plankton was first sampled noar Kareile in July 1754, Then, by December 19€4 an influx of econtanin ced lasoon water could have occurred near Kabelle. Tie rise from 1956 to 1957. probably resulted from a similar 62 it ia fairly certain from data on terrestrial sampling, ie7 oO 4 3 fm» ~ co influx near Kabelle Island of contaminated lagoon water, since ir - t- Ww tiat the 1 St fal out dia not @ffect Kabelle Island as much as it Gia the mere southern isiinds. Because of its itsolated location tris nortacass biy of the lagoor may be expected to vary in the rid.oactivicy of fts poankeoon. Fijjare 4 3nows, on lov-iog plot, the decay patterns of six Samples countec on mor. tion tirse »oecasions. Ordinal Ordg@inal values apply Only ty Ou Pave Separately, und do not permit comparison of abBS ivte ractoactivity between curves. as Mareh 1, 1)5% Lecause The date of reference is taken the detonation of this date is believed to - ave contributed many times as much radioactivity to the atoll as 167.