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Table 8
Gamma-Emitting Radionuclides in Birds
Collected at Bikini, 1969
Average Values
pci/g dry
60
Species and
Tissue
pci/g wet*
137K,
600,
137K,
- Avg.
Avg.
No. of
Samples
Avg.
Range
Avg.
Range’
3
2.8
nd-6.3
1174
5202260
94
395
3
5.9
nd-1ll
992
6051510
2.1
348
7.7
56
Curlew
Muscle
Liver
Turnstone**
Muscle
1
Liver
23
165
1
40
98
14
34
1
1
4
7.6
46
nd
1.3
2.7
~ 15
nd
1
1
87
1,2
nd
nd
.29
42
nd
nd
Noddy tern***
Muscle
Liver
Fairy tern***
Muscle
Liver
*Calculated from pCi/g dry using average wet:dry ratios.
**Tissues from 6 birds pooled.
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