ee, DRAFT — ~ CONTENTS TITLE PAGE PERS ONNEL ABSTRACT Location CONTENTS Mv es Polder Reudl Ba pie LIST OF FIGURES 1 926. Us ATOMIC EXERGY RG . Page 4 Colicettoa_ By graphic Movi LIst oF TaBLas ‘ethic 2 3 9 synthe. wing ) 26 11 1. INTRODUCTION 25 RADIOACTIVITY BACKGROUND IN THE OPEN SEA AND LAGOONS OF THE PPG AREA by DeCourcey MNurtin, Jr. and Reber? L. Wisner 13 2ol Assay Equipment 13 2.2 Sample preparation and counting 1h 2.3 Radioactivity in cceen water 15 2.4 Rediobiological assay of the near surface and decp sea fauna i8 2.5 Redicactivity background of the eceen flocr 22 2.6 36 7 Cound. t-ocean- Radiobiclogical assay of certain fauna of Bilini | anc Ajlinginae Legosns ee 2.7 Lagoon water samples 26 2.8 Lagoon bottom samples 28 2.9Lagoon Phytoplankton samples 29 2.10 Miscellaneous surveys 29 2.11 Air sampling 30 OCEANOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS by Paul L. Horrer IN THE PPG OPEN SEA ARES, 31 3.1 Currents, general information 31. 3.2 Currents at various levels 32 corienose LANL RG 7