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Vol. 73, No. 2 L, ^g:,i:irr!!L!!^' April 1 975 



GRAHAM, JEFFREY B. Heat exchange in the yellowfin tuna, Thunnns albacares, 



and skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis, and the adaptive significance of elevated 



body temperatures in scombrid fishes 219 



DAYTON, PAUL K. Experimental studies of algal canopy interactions in a sea 



otter-dominated kelp community at Amchitka Island, Alaska 230 



REEVE, M. R., and L. D. BAKER. Production of two planktonic carnivores (chae- 



tognath and ctenophore) in South Florida inshore vi^aters 238 



MAY, ROBERT C. Effects of acclimation on the temperature and salinity tolerance 



of the yolk-sac larvae of Bairdiella icistia (Pisces: Sciaenidae) 249 



AGNELLO, RICHARD J., and LAWRENCE P. DONNELLEY. The interaction of 



economic, biological, and legal forces in the Middle Atlantic oyster industry 256 



WARNER, ROBERT R. The reproductive biology of the protogynous hermaphrodite 



Pimelometopon pulchrum (Pisces: Labridae) 262 



JOHNSON, ROBERT KARL, and MICHAEL A. BARNETT. An inverse correlation 



between meristic characters and food supply in mid-water fishes: evidence and 



possible explanations 284 



ROUBAL, WILLIAM T., and TRACY K. COLLIER. Spin-labeling techniques for 



studying mode of action of petroleum hydrocarbons on marine organisms 299 



JOHNSON, JAMES H., and DOUGLAS R. McLAIN. Teleconnections between 



northeastern Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico and northwestern Atlantic 



Ocean 306 



KENDALL, ARTHUR W., JR., and JOHN W. REINTJES. Geographic and 



hydrographic distribution of Atlantic menhaden eggs and larvae along the Middle 



Atlantic coast from RV Dolphin cruises, 1965-66 317 



DARK, THOMAS A. Age and growth of Pacific hake, Merluccius productus 336 



THOMAS, ALLAN E. Evaluation of the return of adult chinook salmon to the Aber- 



nathy incubation channel 356 



SERFLING, STEVEN A., and RICHARD F. FORD. Ecological studies of the 



puerulus larval stage of the California spiny lobster, Panulirus interruptus 360 



LANGE, G. D., and A. C. HURLEY. A theoretical treatment of unstructured food 



webs 378 



BLACKBURN, MAURICE, and FRANCIS WILLIAMS. Distribution and ecology of 



skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis, in an offshore area of the eastern tropical 



Pacific Ocean 382 



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