Table 1.
Gross levels of beta radioactivity in reef fishes collected at Rongelap
and Ailinginae Atolls, July 1957, expressed as uc/kg wet tissue*
Collection
date and
Locality
7/11/57
Ailinginae
Atoll
Enibuk I.
Common
name
Number of
specimens
Reef fish
32
Reef fish
51
Grouper
(Plectropomus
Muscle
Bone
.038
Liver
Stomach
content
Whole
fish
.163
030
1
036
100
26
016
.022
.059
.926
oy
.018
.020
.068
=&#.063
jeopardus)
T/17/57
Ronge lap
Atoll
Rongelap I.
7/18/57
Rongelap
Atoll
Laatiouy god
Kabelle I.
Reef fish
(carnivores)
Reef fish
(omnivores)
Reef fish
73
Reef fish
11
Reef fish
36
Goatfish
14
.036
-727
-379
50
.016
.080
.038
(Mulloidichthys
.028
.027
.102
.276
«125
O49
samoensis)
Halfbeak
(Hyporhamphus
laticeps)
*Ccounts were made during August 1957.
'
=