Table 9
Strontium-90 in Samples Collected
At Bikini Atoll, March, June, August, 1969
Average Values and Range
pCi/g dry
Coconut Crabs
Muscle
Eneu I.
Bikini I.
Oroken I.
Rukoji 1.43)
"Liver"
Eneu IL.
Bikini I.
Oroken I.
(5)
Rukoji 1.63)
Skeleton
Eneu I.
Bikini I.
Oroken I.
Rukoji 1.63)
pCi/g wet (2)
nO)
Avg.
Range
Avg.
13
2.0
(0 .6-3.4)
0.05
75.2
(36.6-144)
18
13
6
5
9.6
117
21.3
116
(3.0-28)
(38 . 3-204)
(15.4-30.0)
(57.2-164)
5.1
62
11
8
6
5
97.2
1410
346
(72 .6-113)
(912-2035)
(184-571)
75
1100
270
<0.1
(<0.1-0.29) ¢4)
6
5
3
3
3
50.1
8.9
2330
(16 .4-99 .0)
(4.9-14.9)
12
2.1
61
(1200-3870)
1800
Troll Caught Fish
Yellowfin Tuna
Light muscle
Dark muscle
Bone
Ulua (Jack)
Light muscle
Dark muscle
Bone
3
3
3
<0.1
<O.1
3
<O.1
3
3
<0.1
1.4
<.03
<.03
<.04
<.03
<.03
0.6
(1.1-1.9)
(1) Number of individuals.
(2) Converted from dry weight by using average wet:dry
weight ratios.
(3) Collected May, 1967.
31
Mes oe
f
(4) 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.
(5) Hepatopancreas.