Appendix Table 13
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Strontium-90 in Birgus latro (coconut crabs) Collected
at Bikini Island, Bikini Atoll, June 1969
Sample
Number
Sex
Carapace
Length (cm)
25463
25433
25464
~
-
Muscle
Liver
Skeleton
30.8 + 0.4
203
+
3
1283
+ 13
28.1 + 0.4
206
+
3
1268
+4 13
25466
25434
25467
~
~
Muscle
‘Liver
Skeleton
15.9 + 0.7
38.9 t+ 0.4
932
+ 13
16.8 + 0.8
37.7 + 0.4
891
+ 13
25451
25436
25452
Male
Muscle
Liver
Skeleton
44.3 + 1.2
86.6 + 2.1
1307 + 18
42.4 + 1.4
91.14 2.1
1368 + 14
25459
25441
-
36.2 + 1.0
42.3 + 0.7
36.3 + 1.0
42.3 + 0.7
25461
25442
25462
25474
25445
25475
4.35
Tissue
pci/g dry
—-
-
25460
Muscle
Liver
1031 «+ «15
Skeleton
1027
Female 5.0
Muscle
Liver
Skeleton
76.0 + 0.9
129 +
1
1943
+ 28
2040 + 29
76.3 + 0.9
113
+
2
1920 +
27
-
Muscle
Liver
Skeleton
loo +
61
208 t
3
1940 + 20
98 +
196 +
2131 £
-
+ 10
.
994
+ 10
L
3
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