Table 218. Number of organisms collected at Enewetak Atoll and Kwajalein Atoll nearShore sites, October to December 1972. Organism Collection site Enewetak Atoll GLENN-HENRY Convict Mullet Goartfish surgeon ~25 11 ~ 50 0 Other Parrot- reer fish tien Tridacna Sea cucumber? Other mverte> Appres g> tid brates ronal 2 10 6 4 9 7 3 2 ~50 i2 2 4 ] 3 30 l 3 10 0 NF 2 3 12 0 8 0 0 25 JANET ~30 3 ~40 l 0 4 0 Wy TILIJA- URSULA LEROY FRED ~ 50 ~ 20 34 > 50 3 0 25 ~ 50 DAVID BELLE IRENE 9 1 l ~35 11 ~ 50 2 YVONNE 10 ~15 ~55 10 3 0 Kwajalein Atoll - - ~ 30 l 3 3 ~400 41 42 36 Approximate Total ~220 ~ 100 3 0 ~ 10° 108 a 4 3 107 iOn a 3 4! 13 25 870 4The number given is the number of collections from « given site, bpencil urchins. “Top snails, dspiny lobster. Table 219. Number of carnivorous fish collected from the Enewetak and Kwajalein offshore lagoon sites, October to December 1972. Collection site Yellowfin tuna skipjack Enewetak 2 9 Kwajalein 3 1 Total 3 10 Mackerel Organism Dolphin Snapper Grouper Ulua_ Total 2 8 8 8 40 8 +6 3 2 3 2 Figures 159-161 show the average con- t 10 jack collected in Enewetak lagoon are centrations of predominant radionuclides shown in Fig. 162. found in convict surgeon samples taken in the large pelagic fish were higher than at each of the collection sites around the levels found in other fish types, while lagoon. other nuclides were present at levels Similar data were obtained from In general, > Fe levels the mullet, goatfish, and parrotfish comparable to or lower than those found samples, in the reef fish, Of the-samples collected at Kwajalein, 40,. K was present at normal! background Average radionuclide content of light muscle, dark muscle, and liver of skip[1-22