RESULTS Data are presented for the results of the analyses of the samples collected by LRE in the Marshall Islands in 1976. through 18 give the data for single samples. Appendix Tables 1 The data are first presented atoll by atoll and then summarized by comparisons between atolls for selected sample types. All data are given as picocuries per gram of dry weight, except where expressly noted. Table 2 gives the mean wet weight to dry weight ratios for the biological samples. Ailuk and Wotje Atolls ‘ Samples from Bigen and Ailuk Islands at Ailuk Atol? and from Wotje and Wormej Islands at Wotje Atoll were collected during the September-October 1976 field trip. Results of the analyses of these samples of fish, plants and soil for gamma-emitting radionuclides, °°Sr and 739>2"°Py are given in oO Appendix Tables 1 (fish), 2 and 3 (plants) and 4 through 7 (soil). In the fish, naturally occurring “°K was the most abundant radionuclide. Except for a smal] amount of !37Cs in one fish sample, no fallout radionuclides were measured in any of the other fish samples. In plants “°K was also the predominant radionuclide; however **’Cs was above the limits of detection in all plant samples and °°Sr was measurable in about one-third of the samples analyzed. Of the plants sampled, pandanus fruit had the most '3’Cs while unprocessed arrowroot tubers had the most °°Sr. Processing the arrowroot tubers for food removes most of the ?°Sr. Cesium-137 was the predominant radionuclide in the soil samples from Wotje and Ailuk-atolls, but the amount measured was less than 1] pCi/g in al] samples except four from Bigen Island, the northern most sampling location on these two >. 10