~ 14 Table 5.
Tissue
Iron-55 (Fe>>) in each of thirteen tissues from one
skipjack tuna. *
Picocuries/gm. (wet)
Tissue
+ 95% counting error
Gill
9.8 + 0.6
Spleen
7.8 + 1.8
Kidney
7.4 + 0.5
Heart
5.1 + 0.5
Bone
4.3 +t 0.6
Pyloric caeca
4.0 + 0.2
Intestine
3.4 + 0.3
Gonad
2.2 + 0.2
Stomach
2.1 + 0.5
Liver
1.8 + 0,4
Muscle,
dark
0.8 + 0.1
Muscle,
light
0.3 + 0.1
Skin
*
Sample M-2.
0.0
Fish was caught between April 20 and May 21,
in the area bordered by 24°-27° N and 157°-160° W.
sampled was June 12,
1962.
Date
1962