Fishery Bulletin; Volume 93; Number 3

Contents: 429. Able, Kenneth W., Michael P. Fahay, and Gary R. Shepherd early life history of black sea bass, Centropristis striata, in the mid Atlantic Bight and a New Jersey estuary, 446. Adams, Peter B., John L. Butler, Charles H. Baxter, Thomas E. Laidig, Katherine A. Dahlin, and W.Waldo Wakefield population estimates of Pacific coast groundfishes from video transects and swept area trawls, 456. Armstrong, Janet L., David A. Armstrong, and Stephen B. Mathews food habits of estuarine staghorn sculpin, Leptocottus armatus, with focus on consumption of juvenile Dungeness crab, Cancer magister, 471. Criales, Maria M., and Thomas N. Lee larval distribution and transport of penaeoid shrimps during the presence of the Tortugas Gyre in May-June 1991, 483. Ferroro, Richard C., and William A.Walker Growth and reproduction of the common dolphin, Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, in the offshore waters of the North Pacific Ocean, 495. Lutcavage, Molly, and Scott Kraus the feasibility of direct photographic assessment of giant bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus, in New England waters, 504. Powell, Allyn B., and Theresa Henley egg and larval development of laboratory reared gulf flounder, Paralichthys albigutta, and southern flounder P.lethostigma (Pisces, Paralichthyidae), 516. Sakima, Keith M., and Ralph J. Larson distribution of pelagic metamorphic stage sanddabs Citharichthys sordidus and C. stigmaeus within areas of upwelling off central California, 530. Wisner, Robert L., and Charmion B. McMillan review of new world hagfishes of the genus Myxine (Agnatha, Myxinidae) with descriptions of nine new species, 551. Worthington, Duncan G., Neil L. Andrew, and Gary Hamer covariation between growth and morphology suggests alternative size limits for the blacklip abalone, Haliotis rubra, in New South Wales, Australia, Notes: 562. Atran, Steven M., and Joseph G. Loesch an analysis of weekly fluctuations in catchability coefficients, 568. Fitzhugh, Gary R., and William F. Hettler temperature influence on postovulatoryu follicle degeneration in Atlantic menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus, 573. Mueller, Karl W Size structure of mutton snapper Lutjanus analis, associated with unexploited artificial patch reefs in the central Bahamas, 577. Murphy Margaret A occurrence and group characteristics of minke whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata, in Massachusetts Bay and Cape Cod Bay, 586. Renaud, Maurice L., James A. Carpenter, Jo A. Williams, and Sharon A. Manzella Tirpak activities of juvenile green turtles, Chelonia mydas at a jettied pass in South Texas, 594. Twerpes, George, and Nikolaos Tsimenides determination of age and growht of swordfish, Xiphias gladius L., 1758, in the eastern Mediterranean using anal fin spines