Table 12
STRONTLUM-90 IN SAMPLES COLLECTED
AT BIKINI ATOLL, MARCH, JUNE, AUGUST, 1969
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Average Values and Range
pci/g ary
pci/g wet (P)
Avg.
Range
13
2.0
(0.6-3.4)
Bikini I.
6
50.1
(16.4-99.0)
12
Oroken I.
Rukoji I.
5
3
8.9
75.2
(4.9-14.9)
(36.6-144)
2.1
18
13
9.6
Coconut Crabs
Muscle
Enyu I.
N
(a)
Avg.
0.05
"Liver"
Enyu I.
Bikini I.
6
Oroken Teg)
5
Rukoji I.
Skeleton
Enyu I.
3
.
8
117
(38.3-204)
21.3
(15.4-30.0)
116
97.2
Bikini I.
6
1410
Oroken Te a)
5
346
Rukoji I.
Troll Caught Fish
Yellowfin Tuna
3
(3.0-28)
2330
5.1
62
il
(57.2-164)
61
(72.6-113)
75
(912-2035)
1100
(184-571)
270
(1200-3870)
(a)
Light muscle
3
<0.1
Dark muscle
3
v0.1
< -03
Bone
3
¢O.l1
< .04
Light muscle
3
<O.1
< +03
Dark muscle
3
< 0.1
< 03
Bone
3
1.4
Ulua (Jack)
(<0.1-0.29)
1800
=(1.1-1.9)
<-03
0.6
(a) Number of individuals.
(b) Converted from dry weight by using average wet:dry
weight ratios.
(c)
Collected May,
1967.
(ad) Two samples contained <0.1 pCi/g dry and one sample contained
0.29 + 0.06 pCi/g dry. We think the sample was contaminated
when being ground.