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INDEX — ConI ill lied 



Key West Armor process, 99 

 Kirkbride, W. H., 5, 48 

 Kofoid, C. A., 3, 4, 8, 188, 247 

 Lazier, E. L., 7, 188, 191 

 Length of shipworms, 232 

 Life of piling, 151 

 Ligni Salvor, 180 

 Limnoria, 51, 77, 100, 177, 306 



attack on damaged piles, 30, 74 



effect of salinity on, 55, 327 



first appearance, 15 



history of, 306 

 Limnoria li^noritm 



boring habit, 319 



breeding habits, 329 



distribution in San Francisco Bay, 326 



morphology, 309 



occurrence, 207, 308 

 Limnoria terebrans, 16, 306 

 Lipman, C. B., 5, 11 



Literature cited in biological section, 338 

 Liusin wood, 92 



Long Wharf, Oakland, 12, 18, 30, 106, 159 

 Los Angeles Harbor, 294, 301 

 Manbarklak wood, 92, 179 

 Marlesia striata, 297 

 Martinez, 253, 264 

 Matai wood, 92 

 Mattos, F. D., 4, 48, 108 

 Mercury treatments, 173 

 Metal covered piles, 95, 151 



service records, 156 

 Metal piles, 147 



service records, 162 

 Method of boring, Limnoria, 319 



Teredo, 222 

 Miller, R. C, 7, 188 

 Molave wood, 92 



Moore Shipbuilding Company, 155 

 Moran process, 102 

 Morphology of shipworms, 208 



Teredo, circulatory system, 218 

 digestive tract, 210 

 respiratory system, 219 



Limnoria, 309 



Mountain Copper Company wharf, 155 



Mud line, effect of changing, 71 



Mya arenaria, 208, 210, 226, 304 



Naphthalene treatment, 181 



National Research Council, Advisory 

 Committee and Cooperation, 11 



Northwestern Pacific Railroad, 96, 156, 

 331 



Oakland, city of, 32 

 harbor, 28, 238, 248 

 Mole, Southern Pacific Company, 



see "Long Wharf" 

 wharves, 32, 158 



Oleum, City of, 1, 247 



Organization of San Francisco Bay Marine 

 Piling Committee, 8 

 of biological work, 190 



Oxygen in San Francisco Bay waters, 266 



Paint coverings for piling, 96 

 (see also "Protections") 



Pallets of shipworms, specific differences, 

 197 



Parafifine Paint process, 99 



Paraffine treatment (Bartsch process), 181 



Pearl Harbor, see "Honolulu Harbor" 



Perfection process, 99 



Personnel of San Francisco Bay Marine 

 Piling Committee, 4 



Petaluma Creek, 247, 331, 334 



Petroleum preservatives, 176, 182 



pH of sea water, 265 



Pholad borers, 301 



Physical and chemical conditions in San 

 Francisco Bay, 248, 266 



Pier construction and costs, 76 



Piers, San Francisco, dimensions, 61 

 economic life of, 63 

 (see also "Board of State Harbor Com- 

 missioners" and "Service Rec- 

 ords") 



Plankton, use as food, by borers, 244 



Point Orient, see "Standard Oil Com- 

 pany" 



Port Costa, 235, 247, 286 



Porter, C. W. 6, 11 



