Table 218. Number of organisms collected at Enewetak Atoll and Kwajalein Atoll nearShore sites, October to December 1972.
Organism
Collection
site
Enewetak Atoll
GLENN-HENRY
Convict
Mullet
Goartfish
surgeon
~25
11
~ 50
0
Other
Parrot-
reer
fish
tien
Tridacna
Sea
cucumber?
Other
mverte>
Appres
g>
tid
brates
ronal
2
10
6
4
9
7
3
2
~50
i2
2
4
]
3
30
l
3
10
0
NF
2
3
12
0
8
0
0
25
JANET
~30
3
~40
l
0
4
0
Wy
TILIJA- URSULA
LEROY
FRED
~ 50
~ 20
34
> 50
3
0
25
~ 50
DAVID
BELLE
IRENE
9
1
l
~35
11
~ 50
2
YVONNE
10
~15
~55
10
3
0
Kwajalein Atoll
-
-
~ 30
l
3
3
~400
41
42
36
Approximate Total
~220
~ 100
3
0
~ 10°
108
a
4
3
107
iOn
a
3
4!
13
25
870
4The number given is the number of collections from « given site,
bpencil urchins.
“Top snails,
dspiny lobster.
Table 219. Number of carnivorous fish collected from the Enewetak and Kwajalein offshore lagoon sites, October to December 1972.
Collection
site
Yellowfin
tuna
skipjack
Enewetak
2
9
Kwajalein
3
1
Total
3
10
Mackerel
Organism
Dolphin
Snapper
Grouper
Ulua_
Total
2
8
8
8
40
8
+6
3
2
3
2
Figures 159-161 show the average con-
t
10
jack collected in Enewetak lagoon are
centrations of predominant radionuclides
shown in Fig. 162.
found in convict surgeon samples taken
in the large pelagic fish were higher than
at each of the collection sites around the
levels found in other fish types, while
lagoon.
other nuclides were present at levels
Similar data were obtained from
In general,
> Fe levels
the mullet, goatfish, and parrotfish
comparable to or lower than those found
samples,
in the reef fish,
Of the-samples collected at Kwajalein,
40,.
K was present at normal! background
Average radionuclide content of light
muscle, dark muscle, and liver of skip[1-22