The invertebrates sampled were the spiny lobsters (langouste), coconut crab
and "giant" clams-(Tridacna sp., and Hippopus hippopus).
Thousands of terns nest at Bikini Atoll, mostly on the western islets.
the birds and their eggs will be used as food.
at sea, outside the lagoon or reefs.
Both
The terns almost always feed
On the other hand, the curlews and
turnstones feed along the shores and on the reef, and the curlew also eats
the seeds of an endemic shrub, Scaevola serica, or the beach magnolia.
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Although the curlews and turnstones are transients and are present in small
numbers, at most a few hundred, they contain the higher levels of radionuclides
among the birds.