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(1). The pool sizes and redistribution of 14C-label from D[U-14C]glucose into ethanol insoluble polysaccharides, total protein, total polar lipids, total neutral lipids, free alanine, aspartate, glutamate and total organic acids were determined for control and naphthalene-treated oysters Ostrea edulis. (2). The following effects were attributed to naphthalene treatment: a decrease in the percentage of protein and polar lipid; an increase in the total amino acids (sum of alanine, aspartate and glutamate); an increase in organic acids; and increase in the mean specific activity (geometric) for all measured pools. (3). These results suggested that naphthalene stimulated protein and polar lipid catabolism, while simutaneously stimulating the flow of glucose-carbon into all measured pools.