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Subject Index 



Fish (see also under common names) 

 changes in due to ageing, 218 

 effect of diet on, 167 

 effect of fat diet on, 215-216 

 effect of growth and size on lifespan, 



147-159 

 effect of toxic substances on, 177 

 egg counting in, 192-193 

 fecundity in relation to age in, 186- 



206 

 growth and senescence in, 217 

 growth of, 



utilization of protein in, 182-186 

 growth rate and lifespan, 227, 229 

 infectious disease in, 213-214, 228 

 lifespan of, 



characteristics of long, 217-218 



in different species, 219-224 



in captivity, 212-230 



in Nature, 142-180 

 lipid metabolism in, 227 

 metabolic disease in, 216 

 metabolism of, 169-170 

 natural death and reproduction in, 170- 



174 

 natural mortality of, 142-147 

 neoplasia in, 216 

 nutrition in, 215 

 ovaries of, 193 

 parasites in, 213-216 

 physiological changes due to ageing, 



181-211 

 protein utilization in, 210 

 relationship of age, mortality and 



growth in, 160-166 

 survival curves of, 143-147 

 variation in fecundity of, 191-192 

 Flamingoes, effect of diet on, 112 

 Flounder, lifespan and size of, 1 50 

 Fly (see Housefly) 

 Food, conversion of in fish, 186 



Gadiformes, lifespan of, 223 



lifespan and growth of, 160-166 

 lifespan and size of, 148 

 metabolism of, 169 



Galli, arteriosclerosis in, 109 



Galliformes, mortality rate of, 101 



Gambusia a. affinis, reproduction and 

 senescence in, 187-189 



Gannets, arteriosclerosis in, 109 



Gar, lifespan of, 222 



Gasterosteiformes, lifespan of, 152, 223 



Gasterosteus aculeatiis, effect of environ- 

 ment of, 168 



Geese, arteriosclerosis in, 109 



Genetics, and lifespan, 137 



of ageing, in Drosophila, 278-280, 283 



Glomerulonephritis, in man, 77 

 in rats, 74-76 



Glycogen, storage in bees, 237, 238, 239 



Golden Shiner, 223 



Goldfish, lifespan of, 223 

 metabolism of, 170 



Gompertz' Law, 2, 72, 302 

 Gompertz-Makeham equations, 1 1 7 

 Grayling, effect of environment of, 168 

 Grouper, lifespan of, 220 

 Growth, 296, 298 



effect of diet, 84-85, 254-255 



effect on lifespan, 147-159, 160-166 

 Grunion, lifespan and size of, 154 

 Guinea pig, lifetime energy expenditure of, 



127 

 Guppies, effect of diet on, 169 



growth of, 229, 230 



regeneration in, 208-210 



reproduction in, 171, 209 



Habrobracon juglandis, 255 

 Haddock, effect of age on fecundity, 198- 

 200 

 Hfespan and size of, 148 

 relationship of fecundity and body 



weight, 200 

 sex organs in, 190 

 Hake, lifespan and size of, 148 

 Halibut, hfespan and size of, 148, 150 

 Heart disease, in man and rat, 74-77 

 Herons, lifespan of, 99 

 Herring, fecundity of, 196-197 

 growth of, 156, 157, 158 

 hfespan and growth of, 160-166 

 lifespan and size of, 148 

 relationship of gonad growth to body 



weight, 193 

 relation of size and maturity, 172 

 survival curves of, 143, 145 

 Hesperoleucus venustus, effect of environ- 

 ment on, 168 

 Heterandria formosa, reproduction and 



senescence in, 189 

 Hibernation, effect on lifespan, 103-104 

 Highland cattle, lifespan of, 59, 61, 62 

 Hippocampus hudsonius, lifespan of, 147 

 Hippoglossoides platessoides, fecundity in, 



192 

 Hippoglossus spp,, lifespan of, 147 

 Holocanthus bermudensis, protein meta- 

 bolism in, 183-185 

 Horses, breeding of, 55 

 causes of death in, 68 

 coat colour, and longevity, 49-50 

 death curves of, 56 



lifespan of, under various climatic con- 

 ditions, 65-69 

 lifespan of English thoroughbred, 35- 



56 

 lifetime energy expenditure of, 127 

 survival curves of, 35-42 

 Housefly, ageing in, 247-262 

 effect of diet on, 249-255 

 lifespan of, 249-262, 287-288 

 effect of paternal age, 259-262 

 sex differences in, 255-259 

 sex ratio in, 249 

 Humming-birds, lifespan of, 105 



