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ABO (accessory boring organ) 430 



absorpt ion t hrough the gills and mantle 23 1 



accessory heart 76, 258, 259 



connections with pallial artery 259 



function of 259 



injection of 259 



pulsation 259 



acetylcholine, content in heart 252 



effect on ciliary motion 141 



effect on heart 252 



sensitivity of bivalve heart 252 



actin, in adductor muscle 164 



action currents in heart 244 



action potentials in heart 250 



Acroloius lacuslris, adhesive epithelium 160 



acrosomal reaction 341 



actomyosin, in adductor muscle 157 



adductor muscle 70, 152 



anatomy. . 152 



attachment of 160 



bundles parallel to valve surface 159, 160 



chemical composition 161 



duration of contraction 165 



electrical activity 166 



gross analysis 162 



innervation in Crassostrea and Mytilus 166 



inorganic salts 162 



in larva 359,368 



microscopic structure 153 



power of 175, 180 



proteins 164 



relative weight 152 



role in water transport 185 



speed of contraction 165 



stretching of 180 



tonus 165, 166 



translucent part 153, 154 



white part 154 



adhesive (holding) epithelium, of adductor muscle. 160 



ADP (Adenosinediphosphate) 1 160 



adrenalin, effect on cilia 168 



adrenalin, effect on heart 140 



afferent vein, structure 253 



agirg of eggs and sperm 254, 257 



agglutination of sperm 338, 340 



Agostini, A., perforating algae 426 



Alectryonia 6 



alfalfa, as food 235 



algae, on oyster shells 428 



perforating 426 



alimentary tract, length 227 



alizarin, as calcium stain 101 



alkaline phosphatase, in mantle 88 



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Allen, W. R., labial palps in Anodonta 114 



rotation of crystalline style 225 



Allison, J. B., diantlin in sperm 312 



Altamaha Sound, Ga., oyster reef 403 



Alvsaker, E., chemical composition 383 



glycogen 387 



fat content in O. ediilis 387 



proteins 391 



Amberson, W. R., respiratory quotient 212 



ambisexual oysters 324 



ambisexual primary gonad 314 



Amemiya, I., hermaphroditism in C. gigas 316 



sex change 316 



amino acids, in conchiolin 41 



in excreta 277 



in marine and freshwater species 391 



in Pinclada shell 41 



in Pinna shell 41 



Amirthalingham, C 32 



ammonia, in kidney excreta 276 



ammonia carmine, concentrated in pericardial 



glands , 274 



Amoebocytes 262 



Atnphilrile ornata 427 



amylase 229 



pH optimum 230 



Anadara (^rca), antisera 266 



antigens 142 



anal sphincter 226 



analyses, for heavy metal 385 



anatomical peculiarities of oysters 72 



anatomy 65 



methods 65, 66 



Andrews, E. A., estuary, definition 400 



FoUiculinids 428 



Andrews, J. D., effect of low salinity 405 



Haploaporidium 417 



anions, effect on ciliary motion 139, 140 



annelids, on oyster beds 428 



Anodonta cygnea, amino acids 391 



calcification 95 



oxygen debt 214 



Anodonta sp., antiserum of gill epithelium 141 



blood filtration with pericardium method — 275 



cessation of ciliary motion 146 



crystalline style 225 



effect of drugs on cilia 140 



heart beat 249 



heart physiology 242 



innervation of adductor muscle 166 



labial palps 113 



oxygen utilization 214 



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