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