Table 12
STRONTLUM-90 IN SAMPLES COLLECTED

AT BIKINI ATOLL, MARCH, JUNE, AUGUST, 1969

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Average Values and Range

pci/g ary

pci/g wet (P)

Avg.

Range

13

2.0

(0.6-3.4)

Bikini I.

6

50.1

(16.4-99.0)

12

Oroken I.
Rukoji I.

5
3

8.9
75.2

(4.9-14.9)
(36.6-144)

2.1
18

13

9.6

Coconut Crabs
Muscle

Enyu I.

N

(a)

Avg.

0.05

"Liver"
Enyu I.

Bikini I.

6

Oroken Teg)

5

Rukoji I.

Skeleton

Enyu I.

3

.

8

117

(38.3-204)

21.3

(15.4-30.0)

116

97.2

Bikini I.

6

1410

Oroken Te a)

5

346

Rukoji I.

Troll Caught Fish
Yellowfin Tuna

3

(3.0-28)

2330

5.1

62
il

(57.2-164)

61

(72.6-113)

75

(912-2035)

1100

(184-571)

270

(1200-3870)

(a)

Light muscle

3

<0.1

Dark muscle

3

v0.1

< -03

Bone

3

¢O.l1

< .04

Light muscle

3

<O.1

< +03

Dark muscle

3

< 0.1

< 03

Bone

3

1.4

Ulua (Jack)

(<0.1-0.29)

1800

=(1.1-1.9)

<-03

0.6

(a) Number of individuals.
(b) Converted from dry weight by using average wet:dry
weight ratios.
(c)

Collected May,

1967.

(ad) Two samples contained <0.1 pCi/g dry and one sample contained
0.29 + 0.06 pCi/g dry. We think the sample was contaminated
when being ground.

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