Table 5
25
Gamma-Emitting Radionuclides in Coconut Crabs
Collected at Bikini Atoll,
June 1969
Average Values
ci
Island
Tissue
No. of
60
Samples
Avg.
Co
dr
137
Range
Avg.
Bikini
Muscle
"Liver"
Skeleton
6
6
6
2.7
14
nd*
1.1-3.5
5.2-23
nd-.34
759
305
134
Enyu
Muscle
"Liver"
Skeleton
13
13
13
-59
2.6
-06
nd-1.3
~76-4.8
nd-.18
70
29
9.9
5
-70
.47-1.1
89
Oroken
Muscle
"Liver"
Skeleton
5
5
3.5
.09
-
2.0-6.4
nd-.16
* A single significant value was 0.34 £ 0.27
74
24
Cs
Range
429-933
122-470
86-209
32-240
11-95
3.9-30
52-123
39-118
17-28