Table 7.
Soil-to-plant uptake of 906, and U37o6 from plants and soils sampled
at
the
same
location.
Concentration Factor, (pCi/g dryplant)/(pCi/p drysail)
_
705,
137
eg
;
No. of
Samples
Minimum
Maximum
Median
No. of
Samples
2
0.24
0.41
0.33
2
1.3
14
7.4
3
0.48
0.86
0.52
3
2.1
50
3.7
Messerschmidia,
5
0.24
0.86
0.48
5
1.3
50
3.7
Coconut,
mature
7
0.099
0.38
0.16
8
1.]
16
3.0
Coconut,
“fruit”
2
0.024
< 0.018
aa
2
1.4
3.6
2.5
Coconut,
meat
?
< 0.019
0.026
-a
2
7.3
9.8
8.6
Coconut, milk*
2
< 0.0084
< 0.012
-o-
2
0.90
1.4
Pandanus,
mature
5
0.71
2.4
0.91
5
2.9
25
green
]
ane
aH
0.53
1
75
--7
4
0.62
4.0
1.3
4
0. 30
4
0.12
0.85
0.43
4
1.9
2
1.4
2.3
1.8
2
0.79
2.4
1.6
Breadfruit,
1
~~~
---
0.76
1
---
---
7.0
Banana, mature
2
0.48
1.1
0.73
2
0.33
0.54
1
oo
-
“ih
on
7st
26
L
==
---
1
—
---
56
Species, Organ
Seaevola,
leaves
mature
Messerschmidta,
Mature
Maximaim
Median
leaves
Pooled Seaevola &
mature
Minimum
leaves
leaves
15
leaves
Pandanus,
Fruit
Papaya, mature
b
0.054
5.9
3.1
leaves
Papaya,
fruit
jreadfruit, mature
18
8.2
leaves
mature fruit
0.42
leaves
Squash, whole
3.4
plant
Squash,
a
seeds
0.15
.
.
ae
.
.
Coconut milk was measured and reported in pCi/ml wet weight which,
concentration
factor,
was assumed
to equal
pCi/g wet weight.
for coconut milk is in (pCi/g wet weight)/(pCi/g dry soil).
b
.
No data.
-22-
Thus,
.
for calculation of che
the concentration factor