~47Table VIII
Pecay Rates of Rongelap Samples Expressed as the Slope
the Log-log Relationship of Activity to Time after March 1, 1954
Fish, invertebrate, and bird tissues
Skin &
Mantle
Muscle
Bone
Liver
Gut or
Viscera
ll
12
10
12
Ll
-1.34
0.16
-1.39
Q.11
-1.40
-1.68
O.11
0.16
W145
0.30
Gill
~1 .28
Miscellaneous
Kidney
of bird
< 90d
>90d
2
2
/
-1.71
0.12
3
-1.35
0.05
= number of relationships
= mean slope
Standard deviation
Algae
3
-1.20
0.12
Coconut
3
-0.60
0.56
it
aa xo
el .25
0.08
Plankton
X = coefficient of variation of slope
Other
land
plants
2
-1 .30
0.01
Soil
-1 .31
0,04