Appendix Table 9
Gamma-Emitting Radionuclides in Tridacna and Hippopus
Sample
No.
Islet
713
714
712
Bikini
Species
T.
Shell Length
354mm
Muscle & Mantle
Viscera
Kidney
,
350mm
Muscle & Mantle
717
715
647
H. hippopus
646
645
.
644
380mm
304mm
665
702
7Ol
700
9.1 + 4.1
-
Muscle & Mantle
15 + 6.9
Viscera
Kidney
13 + 8.6
-
;
Viscera
16 +
Muscle & Mantle
Viscera
Kidney
17.£ 6.3
16 + 8.2
-
95mm,
108mm,
Muscle & Mantle
Viscera
,
20 + 7.6
25 + 11
120mm,
140mm,
Muscle & Mantle
Viscera
295mm
crocea
19 + ll
Viscera
Kidney
Kidney
T.
9.0 + 3.9
ll + 3.9
-
16 + 7.4
643
Nam
K
Muscle & Mantle
642
641
640
639
Ci
40
Tissue
squamosa
716
667
666
June 1969
L1limm
L60mm
Kidney.
Kidney
-
4000 + 49
9.0
2330 + 27
_
_
-
SS
Collected at Bikini Atoll,
(Giant Clams)