CONTENTS ABSTRACT 2... . ee te ee ee ee ee ee ee ee kk ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION ..........22+eee-. iv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ,.....664.20c0cececservecvesese v CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION. ........0+ce0cc8cevcee 1.1 Objectives .... 1. we ew te et te ns 1 1 CHAPTER 2 GROSS ACTIVITY IN PLANTS, SOIL, CORAL, ALGAE, AND WATER , 3... ww. ee ee 2.1 2.2 Procedures at the Laboratory ,,,.,..., Results and Discussion, , ,.,... 4. wwe 2.2.1 Major Foods ..... se ese eae 2.2.2 Miscellaneous Plant Samples..... 2.2.5 Water. 2.2.3 2.2.4 CHAPTER 3 11 NATURE OF THE RESIDUAL CONTAMINATION IN PLANTS, SOIL, CORAL, LAGOON-BOTTOMSILT, AND WATER. . « ©» + « © © © © © © © © we we we wo ew 13 INTERNAL CONTAMINATION OF FISH, MARINE SPECIMENS, AND BIRDS ...-. 2. + 2 ee ee ee 15 4.2 17 4.1 2. 2... 1. 2 1 Results and Discussion. «©. ew ee ew 5 7 10 eee 3.1 CHAPTER 4 Soil. 2. 2 2 2 ee ew ee ee we we ew Coral, Lagoon-Bottom Silt, and Algae 3 3 4 4 « « «© «© «© © © «© » Laboratory Procedures. . 2. + « © + «© ee oe Results and Discussion. « +» « «© « © « © e @ «@ 13 15 DOE ARCHIVES vi 370 0 7