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Identification of material.
The incompleteness of-our“knowledge-of -the-fauna and flora of
Bikini at times made the positive identification of material difficult or
about impossible.
For convenience in keeping the records, descriptive
common names were used for identification (Tables 2, 5 and 6).
The common
names of the fishes are listed in Table 3, together with the generic and
specific names of the forms that have been adequately described.
A more
accurate analysis of the preserved species will be made in the near future
to correct and complete the identifications,
DISCUSSION OF RESULTS
Presence of active substance.
Measurable amounts of activity from fission products were found in
every part of Bikini Lagoon sampled.
The date of collection, the area,
number and use of the organisms obtained, together with specific notes on
the method of collecting are summarized in Table 1.
Figure 2 shows the
distribution of the major collecting stations about the atoll.
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The data on the gross beta-gamma activity of marine organisms is given
in Table 2, with the information on fission products found in fish summarized
in Table 4.
Distribution of active materials.
The presence of fission products in the tissues of fish is summarized
by geographical location in Table 4.
These data are grouped by area starting
with the U.S.S. Chilton anchorage in area 2504, then to areas about the target
ships and the sunken submarine Apogon.
Starting next with the northwestern
tip of Bikini Island the collections have been arranged so as to group material
along the northern reef followed by northern and western islands, then around
the southern portion of the atoll and finally the eastern portion of the
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atoll.
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