Subject Index 



319 



Caribou, lifespan of, 92-94 

 Cat, lifespan of, 134 



lifetime energy expenditure of, 127 

 Catfish, lifespan and size of, 154, 220, 223 

 Cattle, breeding of, 57-58 



lifespan of, 57-65, 70-71 

 Cell, effect of temperature on, 281 

 Centenarians, accuracy of age of, 1 3 

 Central nervous svstem, control of vital 



functions by, 128-129 

 Centrarchidae, protein metabolism in, 



182-183 

 Cervus elaphus, lifespan of, 92-94 

 Char, fecundity of, 191-192 



lifespan and size of, 152 

 Characin, lifespan of, 224 

 Charadriiformes, mortality rate of, 101 

 Chickens, arteriosclerosis in, 110, 113 

 Chiropodomys gliroides, lifespan of, 96 

 Cholesterol, in aetiology of arteriosclerosis 



110-111, 113 

 Cholinesterases, age activity of, 247 

 Chrysops, lifespan of, 105 

 Chub, lifespan and size of, 150, 221 

 Ciconiformes, mortality rate of, 101 

 Cisco, lifespan and size of, 150 

 Citellus pygmaeus, lifespan of, 97 

 Clupea harengus, growth of, 156, 157, 158 

 Clupea pallasii, fecundity of, 196-197 

 Clupeiformes, lifespan of, 220, 222 

 Clupeoidei, lifespan and growth in, 160- 

 166 



lifespan and size of, 148 

 Clupeoids, survival curves of, 143, 145 

 Coalfish, lifespan and size of, 148 

 Coate's knifefish, 224 

 Cockroaches, effect of diet on, 253-254 



lifespan of, 253-254 

 Cod, hfespan and growth of, 160-166 



lifespan and size of, 148 

 Columbiformes, mortality rate of, 101 

 Cormorants, arteriosclerosis in, 109 

 Corregonus clupeaformis, survival curves 



of, 143, 144 

 Cottoidei, lifespan and size of, 152 

 Cottus gobio, survival curves of, 143, 145 

 Cow(s), average age of different breeds, 59 



cause of death, 63-64 



lifespan of, 58-64, 70 



lifetime energy expenditure of, 127 

 Cowfish, lifespan of, 221 

 Creatinuria, in rats, 83 

 Cristivomer namaycush, mortality rates of, 



145 

 Croaking gourami, 224 

 Cunner, lifespan of, 221 

 Cyprinids, metabohsm of, 169 

 Cypriniformes, lifespan of, 220, 222, 224 

 Cyprinodontiformes, lifespan and size of, 



152, 224 

 Cyprinoidei, lifespan and size of, 1 52 



Dab, fecundity in, 192, 200-202 

 Dace, lifespan of, 223 



Dasyatis akajei, lifespan and growth of, 



163 

 Death, accuracy of age at, 12-13 

 Death curves, 6-9, 15, 17, 286-296 



of horses, 56 

 Death rate, anticipated, 4, 5, 7, 12, 15 



laws governing. 2-4 



senescent, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12 

 Deaths, accidental, 17 

 Deer, lifespan of, 91-94 

 Diet, effect on amyloid, 79 



effect on bees, 254 



effect on cockroach, 253, 254 



effect on fertility, 34 



effect on fish, 178,215-216 



effect on flies, 249-255 



effect on growth, 84-85, 177, 178, 254- 

 255 



effect on lifespan, 169, 177-178, 249- 

 255, 265-267, 268, 282 



effect on hfespan of rats, 78, 83-85, 87, 

 88,251-252,254 



effect on mice, 79-80 



effect on mosquito, 255 



effect on sexual maturity, 84-85 



effect on trout, 253, 254 



effect on wasps, 255 



protein in, 252-254 

 Dipodomys heermani, lifespan of, 96 

 Disease, onset of and longevity, 72-89 

 Doctor fish, hfespan of, 221 

 Dog, hfespan of, 134 



hfetime energy expenditure of, 127 

 Dog snapper, lifespan of, 221 

 Dragonet, lifespan and size of, 1 52 



mortality rate of, 146 



survival curves of, 143, 145 

 Drosophila subobscura, lifespan of, 262, 

 266 



rate of ageing in, 269-285 

 Drum, lifespan of, 221 

 Ducks, arteriosclerosis in, 109 

 Dwarf top-minnow, reproduction and 



senescence in, 189 



Eel, lifespan and size of, 152, 223 



natural death in, 174 

 Electric catfish, hfespan of, 224 

 Electric eel, lifespan of, 224 

 Environment, effect on hfespan, 167-168, 

 229 



effect on onset of disease, 86-87 

 Epinephalus guttatus, protein metabolism 



in, 183-184 



Falconiformes, mortality rate of, 101 

 Fat body in bees, 233, 235, 237, 238, 239, 



244 

 Fat(s), in pollen, 237 



storage in bees, 237, 238, 239 

 Fecundity, variation of in fish, 191- 



192 

 Fertility, effect of parental age on, 56 

 Finch, lifespan of, 99, 103 



