. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. Law Governing Loss of Weight in Starving Cassiopea, 67 Table 6 shows the decline in weight of 10 normal medusae of Cassiopea xamachana starved 25 days in filtered sea-water in the diffuse light of the laboratory from June 22 to July 17, 1910, at Tortugas, Florida. The medusae were kept in a 6-liter glass aquarium, the water being changed once in each 24 hours. Table 6. Days elapsed. Observed weight, in grams. Calculated weight.' Days elapsed. Observed weight in grams. Calculated weight.' Days elapsed. Observed weight in grams. Calculated weight
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. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. Law Governing Loss of Weight in Starving Cassiopea, 67 Table 6 shows the decline in weight of 10 normal medusae of Cassiopea xamachana starved 25 days in filtered sea-water in the diffuse light of the laboratory from June 22 to July 17, 1910, at Tortugas, Florida. The medusae were kept in a 6-liter glass aquarium, the water being changed once in each 24 hours. Table 6. Days elapsed. Observed weight, in grams. Calculated weight.' Days elapsed. Observed weight in grams. Calculated weight.' Days elapsed. Observed weight in grams. Calculated weight.' 0 I 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 130.7s 128.96 119.58 115.34 108.97 106.58 103.55 97-60 97-22 131 124.97 119.21 113-71 108.6 103.49 98.77 94-19 89.87 9 10 11 12 13 14 IS 16 17 92.14 88.71 86.24 79-54 72.31 69-27 66.81 ! 61.24 85-67 81-74 78.08 74-41 71 67.73 64.58 61.7 58.82 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2S 56.79 53.45 S1.81 48.20 45-84 44.71 42.78 39.7 56.07 53-58 51.09 48-73 46.S 44.41 42-31 40.3 s 'According to formula y = 131(1 — 0.046)^ *No weighing. 10 medusae of Cassiopea starved 2S days in diffuse day-light. 0 12 3 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Days X Diagram illustrating Table 6. Table 7 shows the decline in weight of 11 normal medusae of Cassiopea xamachana starved 22 days in filtered sea-water in the diffuse light of the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Carnegie Institution of Washington. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington