flora
of branc]ling
coi-als and their
h~vc
uemoved
ill].~]dsorl]able radionuclides
from
the water
The
by the plankton
land
137
products
organisms
Sr
found
associated
witin those
and calcium,
similarly
We determined
lung,
The
their
emitting
(Table
liver
must
remo17ed
long-lived
fission
crabs
these
since
of
which
cesium
137
137
mostly
(Table
are
and potassium
and calcium.
collected
a’t
Cs concentrations
tissue;
in Table
are terrestrial,
contain
1967;
contain
of rats
in muscle
are given
et al.,
radionuclides
or organs
range
340 to 830
which
Welander
values
7-
except
Cs from
for
among
during
the gamma–
8) and are concentrators
of
90
Sr
9) .
spiny
lobster,
137
Cs or
a strictly
90
marine
Sr and only
crustacean,
small
amounts
of
contains
60C0
10) .
There
are quantitative
radionuclide
content
The goatfish,
207
the
of tissues
and the
and bone
stages,
no detectable
and
already
as do strontium
Cs content
radionuciides
The
(Table
137
and 1970,
coconut
larval
tissues
respectively,
dry weiq-ht was
muscle,
fauna
fallout.
1967;
As expected,
in metabolism,
the
in 1969
in pCi/g
after
primarily
(Welander,
1971) .
Bikini
not
and
90
Cs and
and Moore,
behave
soon
contain
Smith
potassium
associated
Bi than
and qualitative
of organisms
a bottom–feeding
the convict
differences
associated
carnivore,
surgeonfish,
with
contains
a grazing
in the
feeding
more
habit.
60C0
-herbivore,