199000¢
Table 6. Reconstructed total body radioactivity associated with tissues and organs analyzed@ and measured
. muscle-tissue concentration.
Radionuclide
137¢¢5
905,
él
60¢,
2079;
239+240p,,
24] am
Common name
of fish
Surgeonfish
Island
locator
B-10
Percent of total body activity in tissue or organ
Gizzard
Muscle
Bone
Skin
Liver
Viscera contents
75
Mullet
Goatfish
Snapper
8-]
8-27
B-23
Surgeonfish
Mullet
Goatfish
Snapper
B-10
B-5
B-17
B-1
Surgeonfish
B-10
B-23
B-17
B-23
28
38
48
Surgeonfish
B~10
<18
Snapper
B-23
81
Mullet
Goatfish
Snapper
Mullet
Goatfish
Surgeonfish
B-23
B=-17
B-10
0.7
53
68
92
13
7
4
2
«0.4
<0.2
26
17
0.7
0.7
1
<0.2
10.01
_ 42
46
2
40
63
10
3
29
34
0.2
0.07
0.05
€0.3
34
82
22
<0.1
7]
8
<0.1
<0.02
23
518
109
19
6
19
17
12
14
22
5
25
413
<9
33
0.3
<0.9
<0.3
2
0.06
2
0.9
36
3
2
0.1
5
67
1
4
<0.1
0.2
5
Mullet
Goatfish
Snapper
B-23
B-17
B-1
0.2
0.1
4
0.5
0.7
26
Surgeonfish
B-10
0.1
2.
Snapper
B~]
2
Mullet
Goatfish
B-23
B-17
0.9
0.1
0.2
1
24
15
4
10
0.5
.
12
2
7
4
19
3
25
35
11
3
5
1
2
76
10
3
2
80
1
85
17
5
0.5
0.9
50
2
0.5
1
51
5.3
0.8
11
4
}
2
82
90
6
69
89
5
<0.1
7
0.1
0.3
5
21
0.2
0.3
pCi
‘
ka wet tissue x % tissue
of whole
h
body
d wt)
XL % tissue of whole body wt
.
oC}
“kg wet wt
whole fish
xs
a?
810
462
331
2
<0.01
4
206
47
123
-
0.5
0.3
0.1
4 Muscle, skin, bone, liver, viscera, and gizzard contents account for 93 to 98% of total
collections. Concentrations in gills, eyes, and reproductive organs were not determined.
UL
Reconstructed
whole fish
concentration
pCi/kg wet wt
54
225
279
29
380
44
2
12
69
14
1
fish weight.
Measured
muscle tissue
concentration
pCi/kg wet
47
198
48
147
0.62
0.52
3.2
0.23
26
410
263
206
<0.6
4
226
330
0.1
1.1
0.07
0.1
.03
1.0
0.03
0.04
Data are from 1978