Sample no, Initial count Decay At time of collection Organism Date Hour e/m factor c/m T-5 Fish 5/17 0015 " 0913 15,678 65, 823 91,271 1,28* 1. 18* 1.005* 20,000 66, 000 91, 700 . 086 . 105 767, 000 873, 000 2, 680, 000 3, 060, 000 T-7 Fish 5/18 2215 46,802 1,11* 52, 000 . 105 495, 000 1, 730, 000 Squid Macroplankton " 6/5 2220 1030 25,377 4,166 1. 06* 1.15 27, 000 4,790 . 105 . 147 297, 000 32, 600 Shrimp Squid " " Shrimp T-8 Fish Shrimp Macroplankton " 5/30 1638 " 1635 " *Calculated from decay curves HA " 2223 " 85,536 1.15% 1,673 7.5** 949 7, 1** 12,038 7.1% 98,000 dry wt. c/m/g d/im / g*** .270 74, 100 259, 000 .106 12,550 .058 216, 000 6, 740 . 223 30, 200 85,500 .285 " (T-7 samples) ***Includes correction factor for self-absorption, geometry and backscatter (3.5). tt '! 925,000 300, 000 3, 240,000 900, 000 114, 000 756, 000 1, 050, 000 106, 000 -Vp- Appendix Table E. Radioactivity of the mid-water trawl organisms. Correction factors used to convert counts per minute at time of initial count to d/m/g dry weight at time of collection.