15a Table 3. Decline in radioactivity of samples collected at Eniwetok immediately following and 700 days after the Nectar Shot, May 14, 1954. Maximum value 1-3 700 days days post-—-Nectar post-Nectar d/m/g wet d/m/g wet Plankton 7 Bird feathers and skin 10'4Algae 1O 7 Snail liver Clam visceral mass " kidney 10° Beach sand LO Pish gut Bird gut Sea cucumber gut Bird bone, kidney Coral Bird liver, lung Fish skin, bone 5 10°4Sea cucumber muscle 10 5 Snail muscle Clam muscle Sea water 4 10 4+Fish muscle Snail Clam Beach liver kidney sand 1O 4 Snail muscle Fish liver Plankton Fish gut Sea cucumber gut 10% Clam visceral mass Bird kidney, Sea liver,lun 10> cucumber muscle Fish bone 2 10 + 10 + 1+ Algae Clam muscle Bird bone, Coral Fish skin Fish muscle Bird muscle skin nO Bird gut A. O Sea water ol 2