Appendix Table 9
Gamma-Emitting Radionuclides in Tridacna and Hippopus
Sample
No.

Islet

713
714
712

Bikini

Species
T.

Shell Length
354mm

Muscle & Mantle
Viscera
Kidney

,

350mm

Muscle & Mantle

717
715

647

H. hippopus

646
645

.

644

380mm

304mm

665

702
7Ol

700

9.1 + 4.1
-

Muscle & Mantle

15 + 6.9

Viscera
Kidney

13 + 8.6
-

;

Viscera

16 +

Muscle & Mantle
Viscera
Kidney

17.£ 6.3
16 + 8.2
-

95mm,
108mm,

Muscle & Mantle
Viscera
,

20 + 7.6
25 + 11

120mm,
140mm,

Muscle & Mantle
Viscera

295mm

crocea

19 + ll

Viscera
Kidney

Kidney

T.

9.0 + 3.9
ll + 3.9
-

16 + 7.4

643

Nam

K

Muscle & Mantle

642

641
640
639

Ci

40

Tissue

squamosa

716

667
666

June 1969

L1limm

L60mm

Kidney.

Kidney

-

4000 + 49

9.0

2330 + 27

_

_

-

SS

Collected at Bikini Atoll,

(Giant Clams)

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