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Table 8
Gamma-Emitting Radionuclides in Birds
Collected at Bikini,
1969
Average Values
-
pci/g dry
60.5
Species and
Tissue
1376.
pei/g wet*
60,
137K,
No. of
Samples
Avg.
Range
Avg.
Range
Avg.
Avg.
3
2.8 |
nd-6.3
1174
5202260
94
395 .
3
5.9
nd-11
992
6051510
2.1
348
Muscle
1
23
7.7
56
Liver
1
Ao
14
34
Curlew
Muscle
Liver
|
Turnstone**
Noddy tern***
Muscle
Liver
Fairy tern***
Muscle
Liver
165
—
.
98
46
nd
1.3
2.7
1
1
4
7.6
1
-87
- nd
29
nd
1
1,2
nd
242
nd
*Calculated from pCi/g dry using average wet:dry ratios.
**Tissues from 6 birds pooled.
* kk
ut
Wl
5
|
us
wt
.
15
nd