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Table 11. Radioactivity of Birds and Tern Eggs,

March 1954-October 1955

Values expressed in uc/rg of wet tissue
Date and
Island
Rongelap Atoll

3/26/54

Labaredj

Kabelle
Kabelle
T/AL6/54
Kabelle

Number
Specimens

Name

and

noddy and

fairy terns
curlew
noddy, fairy and
crested terns
curlew

12/8/54

noddy and fairy

Kabelle

terns

1/26-30/55

Rongelap

fairy terns

turnstone and

noddy and
fairy terns

Labaredj and

noddy and

Rongelap

reef heron and

Kabelle

Ailinginae Atoll

10/23/55

Enibuk

Liver

4
1

4.8
7.7

23.
36.

6
1

0.64
0.18

3.6
1.0

0.75
1.7

h

0.40

0.21

0.097

5

0.26

0.81

0.65

0.044

0.23

0.18

0.050

0.15

9.10

0.020

0.049 0.014

0.059

0.41

0.038

0.099 0.027

plover

Gejen, Kabelle
and Labaredj

10/21-22/55

Muscle

fairy terns

7

turnstones

black-naped, fairy
and noddy terns

8

Tern Eggs
Ronee ee Atoll

7/16/54

Number
Specimens
Spe

Bes

Shell

Yolk

White

Kabelle

5

65

93

.026

Kabelle

3

-30

13

.0091

Kabelle

4

14

-020

2

013

2015

12/8/54

1/29/55

10/21/55

Labaredj and
Kabelle

.

Embryo
*y
34

Bone

A
160

0.12

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