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Marine Biological Laboratory 

 LIBRARY 



JUL 2 8 1987 



Woods Hole, Mass. 



Vol. 85, No. 2 



April 1987 



JONES, CYNTHIA, and EDWARD B. BROTHERS. Validation of the otolith increment 

 aging technique for striped bass, Morone saxatilis, larvae reared under suboptimal feeding 

 conditions 171 



LAI, HAN-LIN. Optimum allocation for estimating age composition using age-length 

 key 179 



GREELEY, MARK S., JR., DANIEL R. CALDER, and ROBIN A. WALLACE. Oocyte 

 growth and development in the striped mullet, Mugil cephalus, during seasonal ovarian 

 recinidescence: relationship to fecundity and size at maturity 187 



FEENEY, RICHARD F. Development of the eggs and larvae of the yellowchin sculpin, 

 Icelinus quadriseriatvs (Pisces: Cottidae) 201 



THEILACKER, GAIL H. Feeding ecology and growth energetics of larval northern 

 anchovy, Engraulis mordax 213 



WYLLIE ECHEVERRIA, TINA. Thirty-four species of California rockfishes: maturity 

 and seasonality of reproduction 229 



HALES, L. STANTON, JR. Distribution, abundance, reproduction, food habits, age, and 

 growth of round scad, Decaptertcs punctatvs, in the South Atlantic Bight 251 



BRANSTETTER, STEVEN, J. A. MUSICK, and J. A. COLVOCORESSES. A comparison 

 of the age and growth of the tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvieri, from off Virginia and from 

 the northwestern Gulf of Mexico 269 



PETERSON, CHARLES H., HENRY C. SUMMERSON, and STEPHEN R. FEGLEY 

 Ecological consequences of mechanical harvesting of clams 281 



IVERSEN, EDWIN S., EDWARD S. RUTHERFORD, SCOTT R BANNEROT, and 

 DARRYL E. JORY. Biological data on Berry Islands (Bahamas) queen conchs, Strom- 

 bus gigas, with mariculture and fisheries management implications 299 



PEREZ FARFANTE, ISABEL. Revisions of the gamba prawn genus Psmdaristms, with 

 description of two new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Penaeoidea) 311 



MOFFIT, ROBERT B., and JEFFREY J. POLOVINA. Distribution and yield of the deep- 

 water shrimp Heterocarptis resource in the Marianas 339 



MERRICK, RICHARD L., THOMAS R. LOUGHLIN, and DONALD G. CALKINS. Decline 

 in abundance of the northern sea lion, Eumetopias juhatus, in Alaska, 1956-86 351 



YORK, ANNE E., and PATRICK KOZLOFF On the estimation of the numbers of northern 

 fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus, pups bom on St. Paul Island, 1980-86 367 



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