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

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