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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