Table IV.

Mineral Elements of Nutrition and Other Elements of Interest and
Their Occurrence in Sea Water and in Sea Foods

Sea water!)
PPM

Sea foods, 2)

edible portions
PPM

Fish muscle?)

or soft parts
PPM

Concentration

in fish muscle,
median value

Fallout

radioisotopes

A. Mineral elements of nutrition (man)2)
Chlorine
Sodium

18, 980
10, 561

Magnesium

480 - 10, 000

1,272

Sulfur
Calcium
Potassium
Bromine
Fluorine

884
400
380
65
1.4

05

Iodine

.001 -,10

Phosphorous

Iron

002 -, 02

Manganese
Zinc

.001 -.01
005

.001 -,01

Copper

Cobalt

|

?

80 1,100 -

1,000 -

4 -

<i -

3, 860
5,600

8,910

70
37

300 - 2,410
300 - 1, 680

Zi
41

1,320 - 2, 340
100 - 3,036
1,900 - 5,160
?
4 34

2
4
9
--14

680 - 4,600

52, 000

37

3, 700

100 - 4, 520

41-2?
£1-

<i -

<1 2-

gl -

56

252
47

1+

2

270

isl, 132

2, 500

Fe, 59

25, 000
4,900

Mn°4, 56
zn65

3, 200*

Co°7?, 58, 60

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