Organs or
tissues
Skin
Rats ~ Biijirt
n
thousands
6.
Muscle
Bone
6 |
6
Liver
Digestive
tract
Lung
Shore birds - Rojoa
a/m/g in
n
9.2
thousands
2
0.94
17.
2
2
6
1.9
2
12
8.1,
6
6
d/m/g in
1.0
Ratio of d/m/g
of shore birds
to rats
19.
2.06
0.63
7.6
0.67
0.45
1.32
2.5
7.04
57.
2
0.86
0.87
Only ia the activity of the digestive tract do the two
forms differ by more than a factor of three, also the differences are not consistently in favor of either of the forms.
Differences in activity levels between birds of different
feeding habits were found.
.
Average values for the shore birds
of the Rojoa-Aaraanbiru area and those for the terns
Aaraanbiru srea are as
Organs or
tissues
follows:
Terns ~ Aaraanbiru
d/m/g in
Shore birds - Rojoa
d/m/g in
n
thousands
Skin
2
1.1
0.36
0.86
3
3
Liver
2
0.78
3
6
2.1
9
Muscle
Bone.
2
2
Digestive
tract
in the
n
3
thousands
17.
1.1
4.0
HOS
.
76.
Shore birds and rats appear to be more alike
Ratio of d/m/g
of shore birds
to terns
15.45
3.05
4.65
5.77
36.18
in relation to
uptake of radioactive materials than do the shore birds and
terns.
It appears likely,
however,
that the shore birds and
rats are different regarding retention of radioactive materials
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