INDEX 



A PAGE 



Acadian fauna 97 



Accidents — 



to oysters 101 



to sperms and eggs 15 



Acephala, meaning of term 70 



Acmcea 17 



Adriatic sea 9 



Adductor muscles 71 



of larva 49 



of spat. . 67 



Aeration 68 



effected by tide 91 



America, distribution of oysters in. . . 9 

 American (Atlantic) oyster — 



distinct sexes in 3 



size as compared with European.... 57 



spawning of 78 



Amphipleura ostrearia, cause of green- 

 ness in oysters 109 



Anemones 102 



Annapolis basin, N.S 124 



Anodon 28 



piscinalis 22 



Anodonta 74 



Anomia (silver-shell) 6, 53, 60 



determination of larva of 35 



often mistaken for oyster spat 53 



Anterior adductor muscle 67, 71 



Anterior end, how manifested 27 



Anus — 



formation of 26 



of larva 49 



of spat 73 



Arcachon, France 108 



Archenteron 20 



formation of intestine from 26 



Arctic current 102 



Artificial breeding 29 



Artificial fertilization 121 



of British Columbian oysters 132 



use of, to obtain shell-less larvsB.. . 34 



Artificial propagation 24, 38 



as practised by Brooks, Rice and 



Ryder 114 



experiments of Nelson in 115 



inadequacy of 31, 119 



Artificial propagation — cont'd 



limit reached by various investi- 

 gators 37 



Asia, distribution of oysters in 9 



Assistance to the oyster, how man can 



render 121 



Astrospheres 16 



Asymmetry of shell 60 



Atlantic ocean, distribution of oysters 



in 3 



Atlantic oysters — 



cultivation of, in Pacific 7 



power to breed in the Pacific 126 



species of 8 



Attachment of spat to various sur- 

 faces 55 



Australia, distribution of oysters in. . 9 



Aylesbury, cape 95 



B 



Balance between fecundity and de- 

 struction 101 



Baltic creek 95 



Baltimore, world's greatest oyster 



market 9 



Bamboo, used as cultch in Japan. . . . 108 



Barbara Weit river 95 



Barnegat, N.J 81 



Baster, Job 3 



Bay du Vin, N.B 37, 94 



fertilization experiments at. .23, 24, 29 



occurrence of larv» at 83 



salinity at 91 



temperature of sea at 92 



Bays, oyster-producing 94 



Bedeque bay, P.E.I 94, 100 



Beds, description of oyster 93 



Belgium, fattening of oysters in 110 



Belleisle, strait of 95 



Bibliography of the oyster 3, 138 



Bideford, P.E.I 37, 54 



Bideford river 95 



Bill-hook island 95 



Biological conditions of oyster's en- 

 vironment 90 



