150 



THE CANADIAN OYSTER 



Biological Station — 



at Departure bay 125 



at Malpeque 4 



Birch, white, use as cultch - 113 



Bird (Middle) island 95 



Biscay, bay of 9 



Bisexual character of British Co- 

 lumbian oyster 131 



Bivalve larva 4 



identification o 34 



of plankton 33 



Bivalve mollusks, common species of 53 



Bivalvia 8 



meaning of tern* 70 



Black se- 9 



Blanch^re, H. de h 3, 38, 61 



Blastocoelo 19 



Blastomere> 18 



Blastopore 19 



origin of mouth fron^ 28 



Blastul: 19 



Bottom, nature of, required for oys- 

 ter? 93 



Bouchon-Brandety, Germain 3 



Brach, W. J.— 



first user of microscope in oyster re- 

 search 3 



on spawnii.' 78 



on the larvfl 38 



Bras d'Or lako;^ 9,96 



Brazil 9 



Breeding — 



of American Atlantic oyster? 10 



in the Pacific 126 



of American Pacific oyster-^ 131 



Breeding pond ^ 109 



British Columbia — 



occurrence of oysters iv 9 



transplanting Atlantic oysters to... 124 



British Columbian oyster 7 



description of 130 



eggs and sperms o'' 131 



Brood oyster- 112 



Brooks, W. K 24, 38, 40, 120 



discovery by 3 



experiments in artificial propa- 

 gation bv 37, 114 



mistake of 25 



on cleavag-^ 21 



on depletion of oyster beds in Rhode 



Islan.l Ill 



on fecundity of oysters 101 



Brooks, W. K. — cont'd 



on nimiber of spawn 79 



on oyster culture in East river, 



N.Y HI 



on quantity of spat 85 



on the 'gap' in the oyster's life- 

 history 30 



on time of spawning; 78 



reference to the foot by . . 48 



theory of origin of shell-gland .... 27 



Brush, as cultch 6 



Bryozo.i 102 



resemblance to oyster spa i 53 



Buctouche, N.B 37 



temperature of sea at 92 



Buctouche harbour 94 



Bunbury island 95 



Burning oysters for lime 104 



Byssus-gland 47, GO, 64 



degeneration oi 66 



description of 65 



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Cable point, B.C., temperature and 



salinity at 92 



Cabot strait 95 



Caenogenesi.s 61 



Calcium carbonate 91 



California, occurrence of 0. lurida in 9 

 California, gulf of, occurrence of 



oysters in 130 



Canso, N.P 4, 124 



experiments with plankton net at . 40 



Canso, strait of 9 



Cape (for names preceded by "cape" 



see vmder name of feature) . 



Cape Breton island 95 



occurrence of oysters in 9 



oyster-producing bays in 94 



Caraquet, N.B 24, 37, 44, 79, 81 



salinity at 91, 92 



temperature of sea at 92 



Caraquet bay 94 



Caraquet oyster 8 



Carboniferous era, occurrence of oys- 

 ters in 9 



Cardium (cockle) 28, 35 



pygmceu7ii 22 



Carpenter, P.P 130 



Cascmnpeque, P.E.T 37, 95 



salinity at 91 



temperature of sea at 92 



