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

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