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Locality:
Bikini Atoll--Arji--Eman.
Personnel:
Same 14.
Date:
Aug.
Weather:
22,
1964--Sat.
Fair.
Water conditions:
Radiation level(s):
Good.
McClin-~The maximum average radiation level
for all the islands was 0.34 mr/hr at ground level for B-y
radiation.
Studies started yesterday afternoon on the Arji-Eman chain
of islands were continued today.
Gessel:
cates
"The general surface terrain of Arji Island indi-
it had been graded,
turbed part remains.
island.
An airstrip,
In its abandoned state,
serschmidia,
The
leveled,
islands
schmidia,
dyked,
camp,
etc.,
roads,
covered the
Mes-
covers the airstrip.
they even attack the Messer-
feeding on the bark and roots.
dence of this.
etc.
vegetation is returning.
showing varying degrees of vigor,
swarm with Coenobita;
so that no undis-
Many trees show evi-
The food supply must be very low-level to force
them to eat bark."
Eman
Island,
a number of tests.
pronounced.
plants,
at the west end of the chain,
was
the site of
The destruction of the land and vegetation is
Crater areag are still largely devoid of higher
but do have algae.
Great differences in vigor of plants
is evident and must be related to degree of soil destruction.
The
area is on the way back with both coconuts and pandanus beginning
to be established.