OBTable 1.
Percentage of fat content and the ratio of wet weight to dry
weight of coconut crab (Birgus latro) liver*
Rongelap Atoll in March 1958.
| | Sample
Dry weight
Dry
34
44.70
78.81
1.763
35
48.24
74.38
1.542
36
31.50
55.37
1.758
37
38.01
67.88
1.786
38
42.34
67.99
1. 606
61
40.38
71.83
1.779
62
42.76
73.04
1.708
84
56.10
83.20
1.483
85
64,62
87.69
1.357
86
90.76
71.02
1.399
87
61.49
88.55
1. 440
88
43.89
70.97
1.617
47.07
74.23
1. 603
9.71
9.29
0.156
Mean
} Standard
deviation
*Sample weights ranged from 9 to 18 grams
at
Wet weight Ratio
Wet
@ number
7
Percentage of fat in liver
collected
Ty Ww