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OYSTER BOTTOMS OF MISSISSIPPI SOUND, ALA. 



edge of the dense area and tlie^ third separated from the preceding 

 by a narrow belt of depleted bottom and continuous with the scat- 

 tering growth at the western limit of the bed, the two constituting 

 practically a small detached bed. 



Details of Examination of Pass aux Herons. 



Angle 

 No. 



332 

 3-12 

 520 

 522 

 524 

 173 

 174 

 172 

 175 

 191 

 310 

 192 

 304 

 306 

 307 



Date of 

 examiuation. 



Nov. 23,1910 



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....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



Nov. 24,1910 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



Dec. 8,1910 



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 .do... 

 .do... 

 .do... 

 .do... 

 .do... 

 .do... 

 .do... 

 .do... 

 .do... 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



Dec. 9, 1910 



....do 



....do 



Jan. 2,1911 

 Jan. 5,1911 



....do 



Nov. 23, 1910 



....do 



....do 



....do 



Nov. 24, 1910 

 Dec. 8,1910 

 Nov. 24, 1910 

 Dee. 8, 1910 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



Dec. 7,1910 



Dec. 8, 1910 



....do... 



....do... 



....do... 



....do... 



....do... 



Depth 

 of 



water. 



Feet. 

 9.00 

 8.00 

 7.00 

 7.00 

 6.00 

 10.00 

 7.50 

 5.25 

 4.50 

 7.00 

 6.00 

 6.50 

 6.00 

 5.50 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 5.00 

 6.00 

 7.50 

 4.00 

 3.60 

 3.50 

 3.60 

 4.00 

 4.80 

 4.40 

 3.70 

 4.00 

 3.30 

 3.50 



4^50 

 4.20 

 2.60 

 2.80 

 3.30 

 3.90 

 3.80 

 4.00 

 3.20 

 2.30 

 2.80 



18.00 

 18.00 

 17.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 7.00 

 9.50 

 5.80 

 7.50 

 3. SO 

 4.30 

 3.80 

 3.40 

 3.40 

 5.50 

 4.60 

 4.20 

 4.90 

 3.50 

 4.80 

 5.20 



Character of growth 



Dense 



....do 



....do 



....do 



-...do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



Scattering 



do 



....do 



....do 



Very scattering . 



— do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



Depleted 



do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



Oysters caught per 

 square yard. 



Spat. Culls. Counts 



0.0 

 4.4 

 11.1 

 8.9 

 8.1 

 7.2 

 5.2 

 14.0 

 41.8 

 11.8 

 4.2 

 16.6 

 11.9 

 2.1 

 11.9 

 11.1 

 15.2 

 3.9 

 8.0 

 2.9 

 .7 

 6.2 

 2.8 

 8.9 

 2.4 

 .0 

 3.0 

 1.5 

 1.9 

 .7 

 1.4 

 2.5 

 .7 

 5.9 

 8.3 

 .0 



5!c 

 .5 

 7.1 

 6.4 

 21.7 



.0 

 9.2 

 5.8 

 4.5 



.0 

 1.7 



.0 

 2.1 



.7 

 1.6 

 6.5 

 2.0 

 1.5 

 10.9 

 26.4 

 4.7 

 2.2 

 2.0 



.0 

 4.5 



.0 



.0 



1.0 



7.0 

 10.0 

 20.3 

 22.5 

 38.3 

 33.2 

 22.9 

 61.3 

 24.1 

 32.3 

 21.7 

 40.0 

 26.3 

 34.4 

 41.8 

 36.2 

 49.5 

 50.8 

 28.6 

 23.1 

 20.3 

 34.8 

 18.1 

 39.5 

 18.8 

 18.2 

 18.5 

 19.4 

 26.9 

 44.2 

 42.5 

 27.5 



6.7 

 12.5 

 18.0 

 24.5 

 17.5 

 15.1 

 56.2 



14.7 

 16.6 

 41.6 

 15.6 

 3.3 

 0.6 

 1.5 

 3.1 

 8.5 

 .0 

 4.0 

 1.5 

 3.0 

 6.4 

 10.0 

 .0 

 .0 

 2.5 

 .0 

 1.8 

 .0 

 .0 



6.0 

 20.0 

 20.7 

 32.2 

 30.0 

 46.7 

 36.4 

 10.5 

 15.3 

 39.6 

 38.4 

 28.3 

 52.3 

 36.3 

 73.3 

 38.6 

 19.0 

 58.9 

 56.7 

 38.8 

 60.0 

 25.9 

 23.8 

 58.9 

 36.7 

 20.8 

 38.5 

 50.8 

 13.5 

 31.7 

 14.3 

 64.6 

 40.0 

 37.8 

 54.6 



4.2 

 20.5 

 21.0 

 36.5 

 12.9 

 28.4 

 29.6 



22.7 

 3.0 

 34.0 

 31.2 

 12.2 

 4.5 

 3.0 

 8.9 

 7.1 

 2.4 

 6.5 

 2.5 

 2.5 

 2.7 

 3.6 

 3.2 

 .0 

 1.0 

 .0 

 .5 



Estimated quantity oys- 

 ters per acre. 



a Exposed reef; living oysters large and small. 



