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Table 16
Iron-55 in Biological Samples Collected at
Bikini Atoll, June 1969
Average Values
Collection
Common
Tissue
Site
Name
or Organ
No. of
Samples
pci/g dry
Avg.
Range
Bikini I.
Surgeon
Whole
2
52
18-85
Enyu I.
Goatfish
Whole
(Eviscerated)
2
81
74-87
Bikini I.
Mullet
Viscera
3
108
22-228
(Eviscerated)
"
Goatfish
"
2
416
391-442
"
Surgeon
"
2
199
148-250
Enyu I.
Goatfish
"
2
1250
828-1670
Nam I.
Mullet
"
3
237
122-348
Surgeon
"
3
297
239-404
4
13
7.7-18
1
38
4
14,700 9,090-25, 600
"
Enyu I.
Grouper
Nam I.
"
Enyu I.
"
Enyu Pass
Yellowfin
Muscle
"
Liver
Light muscle
16
29
8.5-62
72-214
tuna
"
Ulua
"
"
3
210
"
Dogtooth
tuna
"
"
1
116
"
Yellowfin
tuna
16
334
108-867
"
Ulua
"
"
3
2,950
1,290-3,630
Dogtcoth
"
"
1
915
4
tuna
Dark muscle