Table 2.
Gross beta radioactivity in uc/kg of wet tissue at time of counting of invertebrates
collected at Rongelap Atoll on July
Name of organism
Common
Scientific
Sponge
-
and
18,
Specimen
Island
Kabelle
number
77
uc/kg of wet tissue
( Entire QO. 18)
Mantle
Clam
Tridacna gigas
Tridacna noea
Hippopus hippopus
Tridacna noea
Kabelle
"
"
Rongelap
WY
i]
i
tt
ft
tt
Macoma(sp. 7)
7
70
71
72
39
60
61
63
Snail
I.ambis lambis
Lambis truncata
' Nerita plicata
Sea cucumber
Holothuria atra
'Y
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17
‘
Kabelle
"
Kabelle
it
wt
tt
"4
tt
"
"
Rongelap
4
I
and Muscle
. 009
. 040
.018
. 052
027
_ 027
(Entire, soft
Foot and
mantle
Visceral
mass
. 44
2.2
039
. 086
i, 4
4,0
. 68
. 096
0.031)
4.5
76
73
12.1
_17
6.8
41
67
68
69
36
O7
98
Gonad
14
.3l
.15
.027
. 034
. 038
.20
2.8
Viscera
1.2
99
_17
. 40
74
79
Kidney
3.0
Gut
. 26
18
. 14
. 068
. 10
. 050
Integument
. 034
021
.053
.017
.012
.O15