Table 14
Gamma-Emitting Radionuclides in Troll-Caught Fish,
Bikini Atoll, March and Jume 1969
Average Values
pci/g dry
Common Name
Yellowfin
tuna
be
Ulua
o
(Jacks)
Dogtooth
tuna
~4
a
“4
Tissue
No. of
Samples *
Avg.
40K
Range
Avg.
699
Range
Avg.
137¢5
Range
Light muscle
Dark muscle
16
16
14
11
13-16
9.0-12
.09
1.0
nd-.26
.08-4.6
24
.10
nd-1.3
nd. 32
Bone
15
1.4
nd-3.4
.06
nd-.22
02
nd-.16
Liver
16
10
Light muscle
4
15
Bone
3
1.5
Dark muscle
Liver
4
4
1.2
nd-.27
.09
6.7-20
26-203
10-18
1.1
./7-1.6
Liver
Bone
7
1
5.8
13
nd-2.3
.17
4.1
.20
.06
.52-.90
12
100
13
* Individual fish
.68
21-5
9.6-12
11-18
7
1
12-18
1.3
11
14
Light muscle
Dark muscle
8.6-12
nd-.26
.83-1.6
53
.27
-49-.58
nd-.81
/1
32-1.3
54
~L5
.27-1.2
49
nd-.26