Table 17
Gamma-Emitting Radionuclides in Birds
Collected at Bikini, 1969
Average Values
pci/g dry
Species and
Tissue
No. of
Samples
Avg.
80¢o
pci/g wet*
Range
Avg.
nd-6.3
nd-11
1174
992
137¢5
Range
696
Ave.
137¢5
Avge.
«94
2.1
395
348
7.7
14
56
34
Curlew
Muscle
Liver
3
3
2.8
5.9
Turnstone**
Muscle
Liver
1
1
23
40
1
1
4
7.6
46
nd
1.3
2.7
15
nd
1
1
87
1.2
nd
nd
29
42
nd
nd
Noddy tern**%*
Muscle
Liver
Fairy tern***
Muscle
Liver
520-2260
605-1510
165
98
* Calculated from pCi/g dry using average wet:dry ratios.
** Tissues from 6 birds pooled.
*k*k Tissues from 5 birds pooled.
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