INDEX 



151 



Cellars, concrete, for storing oysters . 110 



Centrosomes 16 



Cerebral (cephalic) ganglia 74 



Chaleurbay I), 24, 96 



Charlottetown, P.E.I 37 



Chesapeake bay 78, 86, 111 



natural oyster beds in 113 



profusion of oysters in 9 



Chignecto, isthmus of 96 



China, occurrence of oysters in . . 9 



Chiton 28, 47 



Chromosomes, mingling of 15 



Cilia 20, 44, 69 



Claires 108, 109, 110 



Clam 5, 6 



propagation in Pacific of Atlantic. 128 



Clam larvae 44 



measurements of 36 



Cleavage 18 



Clidiophora 35, 53 



Coastal regions, classification of 121 



Cocagne, N.B 37, 79, 81 



occurrence of larvae at 83 



salinity at 91 



temperature of sea at 92 



Cocagne harbour 94 



Cod, cape 9, 96 



Colchester, England, production of 



oysters at 110 



Commissural nerve 50 



Concrete cellars for storing oysters. . . 110 

 Confederation, legislation on oyster 



fishery prior to 105 



Copepods, in plankton 33 



Coste, J. J 3, 38, 108 



Crab, oyster 102 



Crepidula, resemblance to oyster spat 53 

 Cretaceous period, occurrence of oys- 

 ters in' 9 



Crisfield, Md 78 



Crystalline style 73 



Cultch 107 



destruction of natural 103 



necessity for clean 118 



proper time to plant 118, 119 



use of glass strips as 6, 54 



use of shells as 112 



Culture, oyster 106 



compared with transplanting trees. 107 



important points concerning 117 



new light on 31 



proper time for planting cultch. 118, 119 



Culture, oyster — cont'd 



rendering assistance to the oyster. . 121 



Curtain (Bunbury) island 54, 82, 95 



Curtain Island beds 8, 82, 91 



Cyclas 74 



D 



Dangers to oysters 101 



Darnley basin 95 



Davaine, C 38 



discoveries of 3 



on time of spawning 78 



opinion as to dehiscence of velum . 61 



Dawson, Sir J. William 130 



Delaware bay Ill 



prolusion of oysters in 9 



Demonstrations in oyster culture. . . . 122 



Denmark, oyster culture in 3 



Dentalium 28 



Denys, Nicholas 96 



Departure bay, B.C. — 



Dominion Biological Station at.. . 125 



infrequency of Pacific oysters in.... 130 



temperature and salinity at 92 



Depletion of oyster beds 100 



Depth of water in oyster areas 1 , 91 



Destruction, natural agents of 100 



Deutoplasm (yolk) 13 



Developmental history, defined 11 



Development, stages of 77 



Diatoms, as oyster food 9, 73, 91, 



109, 119 



Difficulties of research 2 



Digging of 'mussel mud' 103 



Dimensions of newly fixed spat 56 



Direction of extension of oyster bays. 94 

 Dioecious character of American At- 

 lantic oyster 3 



Discoveries — 



concerning larval period. . . .6, 31, 117 



summary of author's 135 



Disgorgement of oysters 109 



Dissoconch (spat shell) 6, 55 



measurements of 59 



Distribution of oysters 9 



Drill 102 



E 



Ear-motes (otoconia) 50 



Ear-sacs (otocysts) 50, 74 



East river, oyster culture in Ill 



Ecology of the oyster 90 



