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600, and 555,
The concentrations of these radionuclides in
edible portions of organisms range from undetectable amounts
to the following maximum values:
1375 ~ 2260 pci/g ary in the muscle tissues of a curlew
from Nam I.
90. - 204 pci/g dry in the hepatopancreas of a coconut
crab from Bikini I.
6066 - 219 pci/g dry in muscle and mantle tissue of a giant
clam near Bikini I.
>> re - 40,900 pCi/g dry in the liver of an ulua.
The range in the amount of a radionuclide in the same
tissue from the same species at the same islet is wide.
When >
detectable amounts of radionuclides are present, the minimum
and maximum values often differ by factors of four or five
and sometimes by a factor of ten.
The values for concentra-
tion of radionuclides in individual samples are given in
Appendix Tables 1 through 15.
Average values and ranges are
given in text Tables 1 through 15.
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the true water content of some samples is difficult to determine.
The average concentrations of radionuclides were converted to
a wet-weight basis for convenience in calculating daily intake
from the diet; the conversions were made by using average wet
to dry weight ratios for each kind of sample.
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