Weight gain, greatest absolute 792 



increases, maximum 685 



increments, average 793 



, inversely proportional to log of total body 744 



, lost 601 



of liver, average 1079 



shell 153 



shucked Mercenavia, average 1079 



-shell length relation, ash-free dry 827 



, small increments in 1229 



-specific respiration (Q ) 826 



, total 102, 117, 154 



, variation in dry tissue 184 



Wellfleet/Wellfleet Bay/Wellf leet Harbor, Mass. 152, 417, 690 



Wells-Glancy method (see also Glancy-Wells) 300, 1020 



Wells, Me. 486 



West Bath, Me. 493, 663, 1359, 1918 



coast 2081 



Florida 266, 512, 621, 819 



of United States 1655 



Falmouth, Mass. 1611, 2071 



Indies 1281, 1283, 1345, 1462 



Sayville, N. Y. 1195, 1197 



Westchester County, N. Y. 549 

 Western North America 771 

 Westkapelle-Domburg, Zeeland, Neth. 953 

 Westport River, Mass. 582 

 Wet 102 



flesh weight-total weight ratio 102 



_ - wet weight in shell, mean 100 



_ weight biomass 1491 

 Wetlands, destruction of 1887 



, wildlife 1706 



Wexford Harbour, Ireland 651, 652 

 Whelk does not always succeed 1945 



shell damaged 358 



Whelks (see also Busyoon, snails) 358, 621, 712, 1192, 1193 



When animal is active 1404 



White, exterior dull 181 



White Island, Me. 1101 



Whitestone, N. Y. 16 



Wholesalers 121 



Wickford/Wickford Harbor, R. I. 664, 665, 1025, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1043 



Widespread 133 



Width 1399 



of lines 688 



range 5 39 



842 



