TABLE 2.
(Continued. )
Atoll or
Radionuclide concentration in muscle tissue (pCi/kg wet wt)
island and
total number
of fish
Rongerik
(290)
Fish and
90,
number
Mullet
Range
(35)
-—-
Surgeonfish (221)
<0.2-0.6
Goatfish (19)
Ujelang
(164)
Utirik
ST
(113)
--
1374.
Mean
Range
<0.3
5.3-7.4
0.36
0.8
--
<0.01
0.07-0.3
0.18
--
<0.004
<0.006
0.01-0.15
0.09
<0.005-0.02
0.01
<0.01
--
Mean
0.024
Range
-~
0.015
-~
16.3
--
<0.003
--
<0.003
--
<0.008
--
15.4
--
<0.02
--
<0.007
--
<0.01
Large carnivores (7)
--
<0.3
14-40
<0.003~0.02
<0.01
0.01
--
<0.006
Surgeonfish (20)
--
0.2
Goatfish (57)
--
<0.16
5.6-6.9
Large carnivores (87)
--
<0.03
16-24
Surgeonfish (3)
--
<1.5
--
Rudderfish (23)
--
<0.3
--
--
lost
--
Threadfin (7)
~~
<0.3
--
Parrotfish (1)
--
<1.4
Large carnivores (3)
--
<0.4
<2
-~
Threadfin (28)
Mullet (74)
Surgeonfish (276)
Goatfish (233)
--
<0.002
-~
<0.002
--
<0.009
6.3
--
<0.005
-~
<0.003
--
<0.004
20
--
<0.005
<0.006-0.04
0.02
--
<0.01
23
--
<0.2
--
<0.6
--
<0.02
--
6.2
15
--
--
5.9
3.9
15-24
~~
0.4
-~
<0.02
--
-~
<0.001
--
<0.001
--
<0.001
--
<0.02
--
<0.01
--
<0.01
=
--
<0.06
--
0.06
--
<0.02
--
<0.01
--
<0.01
-~
<0.01
--
<0.002
--
0.09
--
<0.08
--
<0.002
18
--
<0.001
--
<0.03
--
<0.003
0.04-0.13
--
15
0.9
16-133
42
<0.003-0.04
0.013
0.03-1.3
0.72
0.01-0.12
0.06
<0.2-1.1
0.7
18-55
33
<0.003-0.04
0.02
0.06-0.47
0.32
<0.01-0.13
0.06
7.6 <0.007-0.02
0.02
0.008-0.04
0.3-2.8
-<0.2-<0.6
1
7-8.5
<0.1
<0.3
--
16.3
12-62
28
--
0.01
0.007-<0.03
0.02
--
-<0.004-0.009
0.002
0.024
0.15
0.006
<0.003-0.02
:
.
:
Large carnivores include grouper, jack, snapper, tuna, and mackerel.
.
:
:
.
:
:
Co in muscle tissue were also determined in pCi/kg wet wt for species at Rongelap Atoll.
<1.3-9.5 and the mean is 3.
For convict surgeonfish the range is <1.3-10 and the mean is 3.
0.01
--
<0.008
<0.001-<0.02
-—
:
0
-~
<0.07
Convict sur geonfish.
“concentrati ons of
0.01
20
6.8
14-21
0.005-<0.01
0.5-2
Parrotfish (15)
Large carnivores (7)
25
--
Goatfish (76)
--
mean is 1.5.
Mean
<0.6
--
b
8.3
Range
--
Surgeonfish (71)
a
--
Mean
--
Rudderfish (70)
(605)
6.4
241
Threadfin (6)
Jemo
(99)
Range
17.5 <0.002-0.01
--
0.45
Mean
239+240,,|
Parrotfish (2)
Mejit (70)
Rongelap*
14-20
238,
For mullet the range is
For parrotfish the range is <1.3-2 and the