eqnigusemt consisted c( a thr»s-tach talliem-:setiveted aodium iedide
eryetal ested @ coagsction with 0 366-chemne! anstyner eth Agital
prim eet.
The ttal
counts per minute endep ee paswpeek vere cal-
culated dy sumaniag conate ser minete af aii channels inciedad @ he
peak aad cubtrertiag the ceckgroend counts
The codmting officicary
foc he gamme energy mesourcd wes Gates abd by coil roting he 12-
strrement with e ceosiam- 137 stamdards witt an evveor of ¢ 20 per cant
Tee factor ased fer convertiag counts per miaute we Ghatmaegretiens per
minute wes derived {rem me cosntiag efiateary ant trem Gee ireesen
of the Gletategraticnse g.‘ag mes & Ge gaepme redigtian being eoemtes
Tre facter seed for cegtam -i37 - tavemn- :3t was 10.6
Betebiod
descriptions ef the counting cqnipme ant standardtraiise geevedera@
used Rave been givee by Lowman ot gf
(1966)
-
nasi iTS (9 CCU
Tre individual values for peteestagn aad spctom-137 ic Burges
muscle collected at Romgeiag Atoll aad Utiria letend are presented in
fable .
Average veluce and their ctandard é2 viations fer seach cel-
‘ectica also sre given
The levels ef ceciem-137 fevad ia iadividsel samples ranged between 73) d/wi/g ¢ry werght at Kabelle Island, Hongelap Avoll,
73 d/m/g dry wetgat ot Uttrin leland, Utirse Ateti.
aad
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