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Table VIII
Decay Rates of Rongelap Samples Expressed as the Slote
of the Log-log Relationship of Activity to Time after March 1, 1954
Fish,
invertebrate,
and bird tissues
Skin &
Mantle
Muscle
Bone
Liver
Gut or
Viscera
n
11
12
10
12
1l
x
3/2
~1,34
0.16
~1.39
9.11
~1.40
O.11
-1 .68
0.16
~1 45
0.30
Gill
1
-1.28
0
Miscellaneous
Kidney
of bird
n
x
3/2
n
x
8
< 90d
2
1.25
0.08
>90d
2
-1.71
0.12
Other
Plankton
Algae
Coconut
land
plants
Soil
3
~1.35
3
-1.20
3
-0.60
2
-1.30
7
-1.31
0.05
= number of relationships
= mean slope
= Standard deviation
0.12
0.56
s/R = coefficient of variation of slope
0.01
0.08