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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.

kkk

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5

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