Tsland

Radiostrontium in fish tissues collected at Rongelap and Ailinginae

Atolls, 1954 through 1957

Date

collected

Species

Tissue

Total beta

activity
d/m/g wet
weight

Rongelap

Kabelle
"
"

"
"
Enibuk

Rongelap
"

Kabelle
"
Kabelle

"

"

aah

"
Labared j
"
"

July 1957

"
"
"

"
"
"

"
"
"

"
"
"

1956
July
ff
"

i

"

it

Jan. 1955

Oct.
"

"
"

"
"

Reef fish

Bone

"
Reef fish
Grouper

Muscle
"
Bone

fish
Reef
"1
ft

Muscle

"
"
Goatfish
"

i"

t

"

yt

Mullet

"

Grouper

"
"

Goatfish
Bonito

"

"
"

"

"
"

"
"
Liver

ft

.
F

Muscle

"

46

220
4d
1,600

89
60220
73

316

82

137

300

sr 99

d/m/g
wet

Sunshine

units

weight

0

3.2% 0.2
2.51 0.4
0
0
0
0

0

0

23
14
0

0
0
0

0

0

0

O

0

0

0

0

0

0

31

0

i)
150

0
0

0

0

Liver

5,500

Liver
Bone

1,700
390

0
2.3

0
11

22

0

0

Muscle
"

0
0

weet

Mellu

Dee. 1954

Dogtooth
tuna

Muscle

*Data obtained from radiochemical precipitation analyses made by Miss Dorothy South.

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