Gamma-Emitting Radionuclides in Coconut Crabs
Collected at Bikini Atoil, June 1969
Average Values
_pci/g
60c9
Island
Tissue
No. of
Samples
137¢g
Avg.
Range
Avg.
Range
Bikini
Muscle
“Liver"**
Skeleton
6
6
6
2.7
14
nd*
1.1-3.5
5 .2-23
nd-.34
759
305
134
429-933
122-470
86-209
Eneu
Muscle
"Liver"
Skeleton
13
13
13
-59
2.6
.06
nd-1.3
-76-4.8
nd-.18
70
29
9.9
32-240
11-95
3 .9~30
47-1.1
89
32-123
Oroken
*
**k
Muscle
"Liver"
Skeleton
5
70
5
5
3.5
.09
A single significant value was 0.34 + 0.27
Hepatopancreas
30
2.0-6.4
nd-.16
74
24
39-118
17-28
en
Table 8