Table II.
Initial sample processing (continued)
Treatment at
Fniwetok
B.
Shipping
form
Initial treatment
Frozen
Dry, grind, weigh,
Sediment
1.
Grab samples
Freeze
analyze.
ec.
Cores
Freeze
Frozen
Section (volume, wet wt),
thaw, dry, grind, weigh,
analysis.
C.
Sea water
Acidify
As water
Analysis
D.
Coral
Freeze
Frozen
see Soils.
E.
invez:rlebrates
Freeze
Frozen
Weigh, thaw, (dissect?),
dry, (dry ash), weigh,
analysis.
F,
III.
Vertebrates
Freeze
(filet?)
Frozen
Same as item EK,
Dry
Dry, grind, homogenize,
Biota samples
A,
Vegetation
Dry
analysis.
B.
Terrestrial
:
animals
Freeze
Frozen
Weigh, thaw, (dissect?),
dry, (dry ash), weigh,
analysis.
C.
IV.
Potable water
Air samples
Acidify
As water
Analysis
Package
As recovered
Analysis
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