Table 218. Number of organisms collected at Enewetak Atoll] and Kwajalein Atoll nearshore sites, October to December 1972, Organism her Collection site Mullet Pee seth eee : te be ~25 ~ 50 0 DAVID BELLE IRENE JANET TILDA- URSULA 0 ~ 50 2 ~ 30 ~35 YVONNE 10 1] 9 ~ 20 25 3 3 3 1] ~ 50 34 ~&50 ~ 50 30 12 ~ 40 ~ 50 2 3 n 12 1 0 1 2 10 \ 2 3 8 Q 3 G 1 3 4 10 0 4 3 - ~ 30 ] a 3 ~100 ~ 400 41 42 36 Goatfish ~15 - Kwajalein Atoll ~ 220 Approximate Total Other Parrotfish FEnewetak Ato} GLENN-HENRY LEROY FRED rect fish Convict surgeon ~55 10 3 Tridacna 0 sea creumber? Invertes brates 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 G ~10 Cc 3 a Appros botal 114 108 > 4 a a4 ny 25 ag 107 1 - 105 41 13 870 25 4The number given is the number of collections from a given site, © Pencil urchins, “Top snails, Gopins lobster. Table 219, Number of carnivorous fish collected from the Enewetak and Kwajalein offshore lagoon sites, October to December 1972, Collection site apops aia Yellowfin tuna Skipjack Mackerel Enewetak 2 ao Kwajalein 3 1] Total 5 10 Organism Dolphin Snapper Grouper Ulua Total 3 2 ts) 8 8 40 3 2 G 10 8 46 Figures 159-161 show the average con. ; . . centrations of predominant radionuclides jack collected in Enewetak lagoon are ; . 55 Shown in Fig. 162. In general, Fe level: found in convict surgeon samples taken in the large pelagic fish were higher than at each of the collection sites around the levels found in other fish tvpes, while lagoon. other nuclides were present at levels Similar data were obtained from the mullet, goatfish, and parrotfish comparable to or lower than those found samples. in the reef fish. Average radionuclide content of light , , muscle, dark muscle, and liver of skip- Of the samples collected at Kwajalein, 40,K was present at normal background Il-22