Section 12 

 CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY -- U. S. HAVAL AIE STATION 



A12.01 Location of the Teat Station and Test Board 



A test board of the panel type was operated from August k, I9UU 

 until May 8, 19h6, at the former U. S. Naval Base, which later became 

 the U, S. Naval Air Station at Cape May, New Jersey. The ezact location 

 of the board at this Station was not given. The original board was 

 washed away in a storm in the fall of I9I+5 and a new board was installed 

 at the sane place on November 7 of the same year. This teat board 

 was designated by the symbol USIWJ-l. Its operation was discontinued 

 in May 19k6, when the Naval Air Station was scheduled to be decommissioned 

 as of June 1, 1946. 



A12.02 Hydrographic Data 



The depth of water at the point where the boai'd was installed was 

 11 ft at mean low water; the ti da], range was h^ ft; the maximum current 

 was not over 2 knots. The temperature of the water was reported to 

 range from a minimum of ^0° F in winter to a maximum of 70° F in summer. 

 The degree of pollution was very light, 



A12 . 03 Marine Borers 



1. Teredinidae » No Teredinidae were recorded in any of the control 

 panels, but Teredo navalia was recorded on k test panels removed from 

 April 21 to July 20, 19^5, after they had been submerged 8, 9, 10, and 



11 months, respectively. Hovrever, no Teredo occurred either before or 

 after this period. These data roughly indicate tlie extent of the breeding 

 season at this location. The largest number of specimens in the teat 

 panels was 8, and tlie maximum length recorded was 17O ram in one sub- 

 merged for 11 months. The attack rated very alight in 19^5 ari<3- none 

 at all occurred during the early part of 19^6. 



2. Limnoria . Limnoria occurred only on the first one of the 

 control panels, which had been inadvertently left submerged for k months; 

 only 11 tunnels were recorded on it. On the test panels, 57> 52, 155j 

 and UOO tunnels, respectively, wer^e recorded for those panels removed 

 from April 21 to July 20, I9I15, after tliey had been submerged for 8, 9, 



10, and 11 montlis, respectively. Only a. single tunnel was recorded for the 

 last test panel that was removed on May 8, 19^+6, after it had been sub- 

 merged for 6 months. The occurrence of Limnoria thus coincides almost 

 exactly with that of Teredo navalis, both being almost limited to a 

 single brief period. The Limnoria attack at this location rated only a 

 trace . 



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