2. Teat Results . 



a. Borers . No evidence whatever of Teredlnldae was recorded 

 throughout the duration of the test. Only the 'bareat trace of Limnoria 

 was recorded in 19^5 > although damage "bj this crustacean borer had 



led to the removal of a considerable number of piling at this location 

 in-193l^. 



b. Fouling Organismq^ . Silt and invertebrate animals belonging 

 to 5 phyla contributed to fouling of the panels. The invertebrates 

 comprised hydro! ds, encrusting Bryozoa, barnacles and anrphipods, non- 

 boring mollusks, and tunicates. Silt occurred regularly on all the 

 panels, Hydroids also occurred with great regularity and barnacles some- 

 what less frequently, while the occurrence of the other organisms was 

 merely sporadic. 



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