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Radioactivity of nine gamme-emitting radionuclides in liver of figh collected in the vioinity of Christme Island,
March through August, 1962. Values expressed in pisoourles per gram of wet tissue at time of collection.
Radionuclide
Ba-te!40 Means
Yellowfin
Bigeye
Skipjaek
1.5
2.1
Marlin
Wahoo
3.0
---
as
_
nae
nnnen
14/2
one
---
—
wo
---
106/25
20/5
Kio
Mean
Ranga
No.
2.8
1.0-5.3
106/103
3.0
2.34.2
20/18
3.1
2.04.2
14/14
2.0
1.6-2.4
7/6
2.2
1.4-3.1
6/6
3.4
2.44.4
3/3
1.4
--1/1
2.4
1.5
1/
09%
Mean
Range
No.
0.32
0,055-1.2
106/103
0.38
0.17+0.79
20/18
0.20
0.14-0.25
14/9
0.47
0.180.76
7/6
0.26
0.063-0.68
6/6
0.35
0.30-0.44
3/3
0.082
a
1/1
oon
~s~s-
2n®5
Mean
1.2
0.71
1el
0.33
0.56
369
0.47
---
ZpaNb??
Mean
0.16
0. 073
oe
0.077
mone
nm
a.
6/1
a
a--
Range
0.045-0.65
0.30-1.8
14/13
==
W/L
0.36
106/35
20/1
0.15-0.99
oe
Mean
0.12
0.060
0.17
No.
106/41
20/4
14/6
Range
0,042 20.48
Rul93
Mean
0.17
131
Mean
Range
Coo7
0.294249
20/17
===
Ne.
e137
0,23-3.8
106/103
-u=
0.044.0.080
14/6
0.058-0.46
~--
0.35-1.2
6/6
~a-
2.1-5.8
3/2
=o
---
Sailfieh
0,314.8
Range
No.
1.74.3
Albacore
Range
No,
1.0-3.1
Shark
i
1/1
---
woe
---
wae
0.067
---
«.-
oom
6/1
oe
~--
aoe
awn
-----
~--
wae
--—
_--
a--
one
---
—
0.28
---
wan
---
aoe
a
0.66
~~
16.0
a
-<-
ann
-—
ane
0 * 2343 a 1
=
oman
ane
———-
erm
w=
a
Ne.
106/10
—
WA
ae
==
moe
nm
oom te
Mean
0.12
0.12
0.071
0.16
0.089
0.13
0.090
---
Range
No.
Range
No.
0.063-0.35
106/5
0,033-0.43
106/95
--o--
0.41-0.24
20/17
0.2420.33
14/2
0.046.0.12
14/5
--a
0.068-0.29
7/6
owe
---
0,092-0.25
6/6
ane
---
0.092-0.19
3/3
ean and range of only those samples with values significantly greater than the background count.
**Total number of samples/samples significantly greater than the background count.
xeENO activity
significantly greater than the background count.
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—
—
ann
a=
-/1T-
Table 6