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Table 6
Mean concentration of

90

Sr and/or |

37

Cs in plants,

coconut crabs, and surface soil from Bikini Atoll,

1964-1975.

Collection

Sample type

Location

Collection

Date

Number of

Samples

Radionuclide
concentration

pci/g, dry

1376,

90,

Pandanus, leaves
"
"
"
"

Bikini I.
"
"

1964
1972
1974-5

several
2
4

290
280
510

120
NA
150

Coconut, leaves
"
"
"
"

Bikini I.
"
"

1964
1972
1974-5

several
8
14

140
430
160

NA
NA
13

Coconut crab, muscle
"
"
"
"

Bikini I.
"
"

1964
1969
1974

]
6
1

940
760
380

55
50
16

Coconut crab, exoskeleton
"
"
"
"

Bikini I.
"
"

1964
1969
1974

}
6
1

190
130
70

2300
1400
1600

Soil, 0-1 inch
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"

Bikini I.
"
"
"
"
"

1964
1967
1969
1970
1972
1974-5

2
3
3
50
3
15

920
540
1200
160
80
110

930
NA
520
NA
NA
130

Soil, 0-1 inch
"
"
"
"
"
"

Nam I.
"
"

1964
1969
1972
1974

2
1
4
5

200
63
130
270
137¢s

Mullet, muscle
"evisc. whole
"evisc. whole
"~evisc. whole

Nam I.
"
"
"

1964
1969
1972
1974

b
b
b
b

6.4
0.8
0.7
0.3

98
12
9
2

Noddy tern, muscle
"
"
"
"

Nam I.
Oroken
Nam I.

1964
1969
1974

b
b
b

0.5
<.]

11
4
0.9

a.

These data were taken from the following reports:
Collection Date

1964

b.

NA
18
NA
390
60¢9

1967, 1969, 1970
1972
1974-5

Report

Welander, et al., 1967
Held, 1971
Lynch et al., 1975
This report

Composite sample of several individuals

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