ALES 65 EFFECT OF HARD TACK SERIES Comparison of levels of srosg beta activity of invertebrates at Rongelap Atoll in March 1958 with those in August showed a slight rise to have occurred in the interim,due to the Hard Tack series of tests. This con- clusion is based on a comparison of 39 tissues of various invertebrates (Table 5) at tne two collecting periods. On the basis of wet tissue, 14 were higher in March than in August, and 25 were higher in August than in March, and, on the ash basis, results were almost the same, 13 and 26. Using chi-square this is significant at about the 5% level. Fhe x [PV ES E44 C4 of fhe of Conutamingtion 6 vrpoles of Korovides fren wit 17 SO tae feos Wewikeesce The HARDTACK ‘ Se@rras . BEST COPYAVAILABLE DOS ARCHIVES

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