Conditioning 296 



adults for spawning 1252 



Conditions, artificial 1289 



, aseptic 723 



, changing 9 3 



, constant 198 



, controlled 550 



, experimental 258, 1123 



, extreme 87 



have favored quahogs for short periods 1262 



, living 372 



, normal 258 



of life in the sea 1385 



, optimum 658 



, sea 250 



, unfavorable 101, 357, 712 



Condylostoma 281, 1117 



Conference summary and comment 1215 



Connecticut 157, 310, 320, 484, 549, 786, 899, 929, 1109, 1196, 1274, 1356, 1357, 

 1549, 1580 



Shellfish Commission 549 



Connective tissue 707, 841, 853 



fibers 328 



mucus 849 



Conscience Bay, N. Y. 228, 229 



Conservation 243, 547 



Constant-volume mechanism 587 



Construction bucket data 1603 



Consumer confidence/consumer resistance 638, 929, 1214 



, erosion of 1552 



Consumers 154 



, preferences of 1736 



Consumption 829, 1248 



, per capita 1248, 1313 



, personal 409 



Contact 723 



Contagious distributions 1584 

 Contaminants, better information on 1369 

 Contaminated 4 84 



artificially 816, 817 



by human wastes 144 8 



clams 460, 484, 2082 



experimentally 7 88 



with feces of rats 321 



Contamination, initial level of 817 



, less subject to 489 



, period of 249 



666 



