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ABSTRACT
Specific activity measurements, radiochemical analyses,
and half life studies were made of the red alga,
Asparagopsis
taxiformis,
collected at Eniwetok Atoll in March, April,
May,
The results of these studies show that this alga,
1954.
more than any other tested,
and
concentrated the z}3! produced by
the nuclear weapons tests at Bikini and Eniwetok Atolls during
this period.
This alga may prove useful as an indicator of
from nuclear ’detonations.
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radioactive fallout
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