Sample type
* Birds

4 Crabs
© Mammals
* Vegetation

Fig. 166. Terrestrial biota program sampling locations,

For a given sample type, the radio-

Fig. 167 and it is apparent that concen-

nuclide content generally corresponded

trations are significantly higher on the

with levels of soil contamination found

northern islands (islands 1-24) than on

on the Atoll,

those on the southern part of the Atoll.

Data for 905, and 137 O5 in

coconut meat versus island sampling
location, for example, are plotted in

Since the main vegetation components
in the human diet (coconut, pandanus,
I-31

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