Table
5
25
Gamma-Emitting Radionuclides in Coconut Crabs
Collected at Bikini Atoll, June 1969
Average Values
pci/g dry
.
Island
Bikini
Enyu
Tissue
Samples
Avg.
Muscle
6
2.7
"Liver"
Skeleton
Muscle
6
6
13
Range
Avg.
5.2-23
nd-,.34
1.1-3.5
759
429-933
59
nd-1.3
70
32-240
9.9
3.9-30
89
52-123
2.6
.06
nd-.18
Muscle
5
.70
-47-1.1
"Liver"
Skeleton
5
5
Range
14
nd*
13
13
137
os
Co
"Liver"
Skeleton
Oroken
60
No. of
3.5
09
-76-4.8
2.0-6.4
nd-.16
* A single significant value was 0.34 + 0.27
305
134
29
74
24
122-470
86-209
11-95
39-118
17-28