7
Bd.
Myo
de.
At ee,
Berra
wale
BOLO
8ow =e
Lk.
Rongelap asd tio more heavily,
tyes:
hohe.
“tt
srbucdived Bili.wk
recovered to the level of Ghe ftonture
ot populatic.
By ISU Rengelap nad recoverec ce:
trols, Majuro ang Ponape.
above the
ky
n
Ore
sill 1G.
2... bev.
two con-
Gikini, sich recelivea sonac
additional radiation in luoc before the collection wae
made, Was still low as compared tc Penape or Rongerli:
but only ingimifacantly lower tuai the Majuroe control.’
we are not prepared to go i:nto a full discussion Gi
the causative armets tn the debiiitation oF the vegetation in the nercher:n part of Ronsclap Atoll. Nor will ve
ve for some comsiderable time.
ilowever, we can list sie
or the possibilities tnat are belie considered.
Radiation cue to fallout - seeds of various plants have
~~beer. collected and preenhouse culture techriques are
being vorred out ln Seattle with a view to controlled
radiation eexcporiaent s {not =; this lab - Sparrou
(DNL) nas vervelly
expressed interest in doing this).
soils - scils from tnrougheuf the atoll are being classified.
at i8 clear That tne beat solla of the uorta-
em islands are much tesa well developed than in
other parts ci the 2501) (e.6. 0.26 AN in the best
nortner: soil vse O.5,-1.71 (8 in the prevalent soll:
of other islands).
Spra, - we have nek wortted out . satisfactory method of
REsSeSsi.g the role of spend, .
eaLinivys Telerance - tests are Li progress in the gree.i-
house.
"us far Messe pacidia has been found to
be more telersnt Than Seaevola. There is putative
evidence that Guetterds rs “ess tolerant than
SCaevols,
Over weshing of islands - there is clear eviderce of recent over washing at Lomutilal - ¢.s5. glass floats,
pumice area found near the center of tne Lslanc.
Wind - the effect of wind on the isolated pa
alms an the
nozmtih as compared to these li groves
in the south
Poe
c
and eaSt was repeetecly veintved out by. ‘the resider.
agriculturalist.
$
~
%
Drought - the “defors
mieqd Dulres
oy.
+
.
“
Blumberg ani Conard refor
y
FO may be “telescopir,, {ab amy rate telescoping ix3
bee: observed at tie northern: islands) and is a weil
6oW. result of drousht.