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Bikini where the emounts of fission products were determined.
The data listing the counts for the material collected is given in
Table 2, anisummarized in Table 5.
The coumts ctained indicate a small trace of active materials to be
foumd in some of the argenisms living on or near the Prinz Eugen.
Additional studies should be conducted to further explore this problem.
Material should be collected from the fouling growths on the hull, from
animals living in the vicinity and possibly feeding on the forms living near
or in wntact with the hull, and from organisms that live along the intertidal
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zone of Carlton Islmd, down wind from the Prinz Eugene
FUTURE WORK
It 4s impossible at this time to foresee ell the problems end interpretations of the results that my arise from the material and data colleoted this
far.
It does, however, appear that a number of projects need further investio
gation.
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Identification of the collections.
The fish, invertebrates, and
algae collected during the 1946 and 1947 seasons need to be positively
identified.
Specialists in the taxonomy of the various groups should te
emtacted to aid in working up the nomenclature of the mterial.
2.
During th field work 2562 samples were prepared for counting gross
veta~gemma activity.
The samples that contained appreciable counts above
background were retained.
These ashed samples should be further analysed to
‘ determine the presence end amount of alpha emitters, the nature of the materia:
responsible for ths beta radiations, rate of decay, distribution of the
various active substances in different tissues, eto.
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