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Grave, Caswell. 



1912. A manual of oyster culture in Marj'land. Fourth Report of the Maryland 



Shellfish Commission, 1912. Baltimore. (Describes oyster conditions 

 in Chesapeake Bay, character of bottom, food, etc. , and suggests methods 

 of culture.) 



Kellogg, J. L. 



1910. Shellfish industries. Henry Holt & Co., New York. (Includes accoimts 

 of the life history of oysters, clams, and scallops. Treats (juite exhaus- 

 tively the industries connected with the putting of these bivalves on the 

 market.) 



Mitchell, P. H. . . 



1914. The effect of water-gas tar on oysters. Bulletin, U. S. Bureau of Fishenes, 

 Vol. XXXII, 1912, pp. 199-206. Washington. 



1914. The oxygen requirements of shellfish. Ibid., pp. 207-222. 



1917. Nutrition of ovsters: Glycogen formation and storage. Bulletin, U. S. 



Bureau of Fisheries, Vol.^XXXV, 1915-16, pp. 151-162. Washington. 



1918. Nutrition of oysters; The nature of the so-called "fattening" of oysters. 



Ibid., pp. 477-484. 

 Mitchell, P. H., and Barney, R. L. 



1917. The occurrence in Virginia of green-gilled oysters similar to those of 

 Marennep. Ibid., pp. 135-150. 

 Moore, H. F. 



1897. Oj'sters and methods of oyster culture. In A manual of fish culture. 

 Appendix, Report of Commissioner, V . S. Commission of Fish and Fishe- 

 ries, 1897, pp. 265-338, 18 pis. Was^hington. 



1907. Survey of ovster bottoms in Matagorda Bay, Tex. Document 610, U. S. 

 Bureau of Fisheries, 86 pp., 13 pis., 1 chart. Wasliington. 



1910. Condition and extent of the oyster beds of James River, Va. Document 



729, U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, 83 pp., 2 charts. Wasliington. 



1911. Condition and extent of the natural oyster beds of Delaware. Document 



746, U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, 30 pp., 1 chart. Washington. 



1913. Condition and extent of the natural oj'ster beds and barren bottoms of 



Mississippi Sound, Ala. Document 769, U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, 

 . 62 pp., 5 pis., 1 map. Washington. 



1913. Condition and extent of the natural oyster beds and barren bottoms of 

 Mississippi east of Biloxi. Document 774, U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, 

 42 pp., 6 pis., 1 map. Washington. 

 Moore, H. F., and Pope, T. E. B. 



1910. Oystt'r culture experiments and investigations in Louisiana. Document 

 731, U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, 52 pp., 8 pis. Washington. 

 Moore, H. F., and Danglade, Ernest. 



1915. Condition and extent of the natural o>-8ter beds and barren bottoms of 



Lavaca Bay, Tex. Appendix II, Report^ U. S. Commissioner of P'ish- 

 eries, 1914, 45 pp., 5 pis., 1 chart. A\ashington. (Besides constituting 

 an exhausti\e survey of the oyster bed-s of the regions covered, these 

 publications of Dr. H. V. Moore and coworkers treat the food and the 

 enemies of the oyster peculiar to each area very thoroughly. They 

 contain valuable data which can not be found elsewhere.) 



Nelson, Julius. 



1888-1893, 1900-1915. Studies on the development, habits, and propagation of 

 the oyster. Reports, N.J. Agricultural College Experiment Station, 

 1888-1893 and 1900-1915. (Includes first study of movements and dis- 

 tribution of oyster larva- in the water, much data concerning development 

 of the larvae and long, painstaking attempts to rear the larvae in the labo- 

 ratory after artificial fertilization of the eggs.) 



Nelson, T. C. 



1916. Studies of the distribution of the oyster larvae in Little Egg Harbor, N. J. 



Report, N.J. Agricultural College Experiment Station, 1916. (System- 

 atic survey of the distribution of oyster larvae made by counting numbers 

 found in samples of water of definite size taken at representative points.) 

 Stafford, James. 



1913. The Canadian oyster, its development, environment, and culture. Com- 

 nuHsion of Conservation, Ottawa, Canada. (Most complete and detailed 

 life history of the American oyster yet prepared . Describes the first use 

 [1904 J of the townet in collecting oyster larvyi for study.) 

 Wells, Wm. Firth. 



1916. Artificial purification of oysters. Reprint No. 351, Public Health Re- 

 ports, L. S. Public Health Service, 4 pp. Washington. 

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