Table 4
Gamma-Emitting Radionuclides in Troll-Caught Fish,
Bikini Atoll,
March and June 1969
Averages Values
pci/g dry
Yellowfin
tuna
Ulua
(Jacks)
Dogtooth
tuna
Tissue
No, of
Samples*
Avg.
405.
6006
Avg.
Range
Avg.
14
11
10
1.4
13-16
9.0-12
8.6~-12
nd-3.4
-09
1.0
1.3
6
nd-.26
-08-4.6
221-5
nd-,22
-24 #£=nd-1.3
.10
nd-.32
06
nd-,26
-O2
nd-.16
Light muscle
Dark muscle
Liver
Bone
16
16
16
15
Light muscle
4
15
12-18
68
Liver
Bone
4,
3
14 |
1.5
11-18
nd-2,3
*
13
10-18
Dark muscle
4
Light muscle |
7
Liver
Bone
7
1
Dark muscle
*Individual fish
1
13745
Range
11
13
5.8
9.6-12
|
-52~.90
12.
6.7-20
i
~77-1.6
100
17
A.1
20
26-203
nd-.27
1.2
53
Range
.83-1.6
.49~.58
27
.O09
nd~-.81
nd-.26
~71
~32-1,.3
54
~15
227-1.2
49
72
Common Name