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BUI.I.ETIN OB THB BUREAU OB BISHERIES. 
Table; I. — Oxygen Used by Oysters. 
Notb. — F igures in parentheses are averages of experiments under approximately uniform conditions. 
Weight 
of whole 
oyster. 
Decimilligrams of oxygen used 
per hour. 
Average decimilligrams of oxygen 
per hour per 100 grams of oyster. 
At 20® to 
21.3® C. 
At 21.5® to 
23 -s'" C. 
At 26® to 
28® C. 
At 20® to 
21.3® c. 
At 21.5® to 
23 - 3 ° C. 
At 26® to 
28® C. 
Grams, 
42. 0 
17.4 
9.0 
7.8 
6.8 
(7-3) 
56.6 
11.8 
17.2 
7.6 
(9- 7) 
85.0 
19*3 
18.8 
(i 9 - i) 
14.9 
22. 4 
14. 7 
14. 0 
(12. 7) 
106.0 
10. 1 
15-6 
(12. 8) 
19.4 
22. 9 
22. 9 
26. 2 
(24.0) 
12. 1 
18.3 
22. 6 
113* 0 
14. 6 
18. 2 
12. 9 
IS-I 
16. 1 
(i 7 -i) 
127. 0 
11. 1 
16.5 
13-6 
IS- 7 
(14.0) 
21- S 
19. 0 
21 . 2 
(20. 9) 
19. 0 
18. 0 
(18.5) 
141.0 
13 - 1 
