TABLE 12 



Wiscasset, Me., Area :Environmental Samples - Biota II 



SANDWORMS ( Nereis versicolor ) 

 (Radionuclides in disintegrations per minute per kg wet weight) 



Notes: 1 Wiscasset worms from mud-flat just N. of diffuser; Portland 



worms from area expected to represent only fallout i.oni.ami- 

 nation. 



2 Cleaned by being allowed to evacuate gut contents. 



3 Sediment data as dpm per kg dry sediment. 



4 Sedinent data calculated as dpm per kg wet sediment, 

 assuming wet/dry ratio =" 3. 



Ratios: 



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