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

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