Planxton decays vere unusugéliy uniform, as shown im Pigure 13 and Table lo. The meen und standard error of tne slopes of these 18 decays are -1.39 * .02. This average for the decays is less stsep than the de- 1000 oe At Belle Island, the Deep Entrance, the Wide oof Passage, and Leroy Island, the declines greatly ex- At Vera the scatter RADIOACTIVITY ness. of decline potnts is so great that the slope is highly uncertain. At the Mike crater the unusually gradual decline (-1.04) ‘due 2e ceeded the decays insteep- to contributions from \\ \ the crater itself, accounts for one of the rare instances of decay exceeding decline. In general, plankton declines were steeper than decays. . i? eo 16 OAYS AFTER may 14 1996 for plankton decey curves of F1,. Curve Plate Locelity no. no. 1 2 19024 belle 8277 Belle 3 4 5 R264 Wide Passage 8258 belle 4267 Belle 6 7 828< Deep Fntrance 19017 Leep Fntrance 4 6234 Kelle bete of collection Deys after Slope May 14, ecay 1954, range 12/27/54 230-950 11/6/54 yy 5@ 9/1/84 /34 195-940 195-940 —-:147+640 106-940 11/6/54 196-940 12/17/54 240-940 4 “ee 134-940 330-460 9 1o 19034 belle 8220 Leroy 2 [12/88 198-940 6/9/54 §$5-040 ll 12 13 he is 16 1? 4a 19058 Belle 3/21/56 8293 Mine crater 19067 belle RQv2 Wine crater 11/27/54 238-640 3/21 340-960 11/27/84 480-940 R253 Bide Passage 19066 Leroy 8217 belle 9/1/54 3/14/$5 S/iv/$e R294 Mime creter 11/27/84 238-940 146-060 330-946 1-830 - Fig. 13. negative SeckyDestine ash besis, Table 1. 1.46 1.56 1.38 1.37 1.52 1.36 40 -%4 ott 51 3% 227 45 46 $8 28 4 1,3 52 82 2. 37 52 l. 82 hk. 1. 1. i 93 ee ee ee ee Lets me i ee ee Tacle 10, mee datePethe semen, Pu cline of -1.74, ash basis. 33 252 252 99 52 aS ~Ww 52 200 37 90 Se 13 ‘000

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