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fhe fairy terns, rerely the sooty or noddy tern, vere the
Dirds sampled at Belle.
The number of semples on eech eolleet-
ing date renged from 1 to 3 averaging 2.2510.15.
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individual tissues were averaged arithmetically to give the
Gate for all tissues combined.
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Declines vere calculated starting two veeks after Bectar
in order to avoid the first tvo days when uptake vas repid. The
decline for tern gut was outstandingly steep, -2.%. Por other
tissues it ranged from -1.2 to -1.6 without significant differences.