Table 5.
Station and
water depth
(feet)
Rex Is.
45
Rex Is.
60
Radioactivity in algae and sand from the deep waters of
Eniwetok lagoon.
Date of
collection
6/6/54
6/16/54
Algae
155.
Lyngbya majuscula
434,
Lyngbya sp., Dictyota
Sp. mixture
8/8/54
Halimeda sp.
9/4/54
Halimeda gigas
Elmer is.
9/9/54
ElmerIs.
140
Janet Is.
20
9/11/54
140
3/2/55
ElmerIs.
90
3/4/55
EdnaIs.
3/8/55
VeraIs.
3/9/55
60
20
Alga*
Lyngbya majuscula
Elmer Is.
50
Elmer Is.
135
,
uc/kg dry weight
Halimeda orientalis
Caulerpa racemosa
5.4
464.
2.25
Lyngbya majuscula
Caulerpa racemosa
11.4
0.99
4.8
6.6
Polysiphonia sp.
Asparagopsis taxiformis
3.10
3.51
9.8
Halimeda gigas
Halimeda opuntia
0.20
0.78
0.43
Polysiphonia sp.
Lyngbya sp.
Halimeda lacunulis
Halimeda gigas
Halimeda opuntia
Polysiphonia sp.
Halimeda opuntia
1.98
3.96
2.98
66.
96.
150.
430.
0.72
550.
0.53
* Multiplication factors used to convert wet weight to dry weight
Asparagopsis
6.5
Dictyota
4.7
Caulerpa
alimeda
** Radioactivity in algae
Radioactivity in sand
Lyngbya
3.1
Polysiphonia
4.3
Udotea
3.1
9.7
Padina
3.0
80.
13.5
2.39
12.9
Halimeda opuntia
Ratio**
86.
48.
Halimeda opuntia
Halimeda monile
Halimeda gigas
Sand
6.1
.32
0.36
0.20
0.47
1.8
9.2
6.9
0.12
0.18
0.27
0.73
1.20