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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

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