Appendix Table 9
Gamma-Emitting Radionuclides in Tridacna and Hippopus (Giant Clams)
Collected at Bikini Atoll,
Sample
No.
713
714
712
Islet
Bikini
Species
T. squamosa
716
Shell Length
H. hippopus
646
Muscle & Mantle
19 + ll
219 + 2.5
Viscera
9.14 4.1
-
72+
4000 + 49
Muscle & Mantle
15 + 6.9
107 + 1.4
-
2060 + 17
380mm
Viscera
645
Kidney
644
643
642
304mm
641
295mm
640
639
erAths <
-
we
an
NAD.
702
701
700
)
T. crocea
95mm,
108mm,
Lilmm
120mm,
140mm,
160mm
9.0 + 3.9
ll + 3.9
_
13 + 8.6
49 +
.76
41 + .67
1980 + 19
193 +
.90
1.9
Muscle & Mantle
‘Viscera
Kidney
16 + 7.4
16 + 9.0
-
122 + 1.5
139 + 1.7
1390 £ 13.
Muscle & Mantle
17 + 6.3
79 +
Viscera
Kidney
Nam
K
350mm
Kidney
647
40
dr
Muscle & Mantle
Viscera
Kidney
715
665
Tissue
Ci
354mm
717
667
666
June 1969
16 + 8.2
-
1.2
135 + 1.7
2330 + 27
Muscle & Mantle
Viscera
20 + 7.6
25 + 11
100 + 1.5
118 + 2.0
Muscle & Mantle
-
134 + 2.0
- Kidney
Viscera
Kidney
-
-
722 + 8.4
70 +
1.0
2150 + 27