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Vol. 75, No. 1 



January 1977 



CLARK, STEPHEN H., and BRADFORD E. BROWN. Changes in biomass of finfishes 

 and squids from the Gulf of Maine to Cape Hatteras, 1963-74, as determined from 

 research vessel survey data 1* 



NELSON, WALTER R., MERTON C. INGHAM, and WILLIAM E. SCHAAF. Larval 

 transport and year-class strength of Atlantic menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus . . 23 



STRUHSAKER, JEANNETTE W. Effects of benzene (a toxic component of petro- 

 leum) on spawning Pacific herring, Clupea harengus pallasi 43 



HOSIE, MICHAEL J., and HOWARD F. HORTON. Biology of the rex sole, Glypto- 

 cephalus zachirus, in waters off Oregon 51 



HOUDE, EDWARD D. Abundance and potential yield of the round herring, Etru- 

 meus teres, and aspects of its early life history in the eastern Gulf of Mexico ... 61 



HAEFNER, PAUL A., JR. Reproductive biology of the female deep-sea red crab, 

 Geryon quinquedens, from the Chesapeake Bight 91 



PRIST AS, PAUL J., and LEE TRENT. Comparisons of catches of fishes in gill nets in 

 relation to webbing material, time of day, and water depth in St. Andrew Bay, 

 Florida 103 



WHITE, MICHAEL L., and MARK E. CHITTENDEN, JR. Age determination, repro- 

 duction, and population dynamics of the Atlantic croaker, Micropogonias 

 undulatus 109 



RICHARDSON, SALLY L., and WILLIAM G. PEARCY. Coastal and oceanic fish 

 larvae in an area of upwelling off Yaquina Bay, Oregon 125 



ROHR, BENNIE A., and ELMER J. GUTHERZ. Biology of offshore hake, Merluccius 

 albidus, in the Gulf of Mexico 147 



NORRIS, KENNETH S., ROBERT M. GOODMAN, BERNARDO VILLA-RAMIREZ, 

 and LARRY HOBBS. Behavior of California gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus, 

 in southern Baja California, Mexico 159 



PEARCY, WILLIAM G., MICHAEL J. HOSIE, and SALLY L. RICHARDSON. Dis- 

 tribution and duration of pelagic life of larvae of Dover sole, Microstomas pacificus; 

 rex sole, Glyptocephalus zachirus; and petrale sole, Eopsetta jordani, in waters off 

 Oregon 173 



TRENT, LEE, and PAUL J. PRISTAS. Selectivity of gill nets on estuarine and 

 coastal fishes from St. Andrew Bay, Florida 185 



MacINNES, J. R., F. P. THURBERG, R. A. GREIG, and E. GOULD. Long-term 

 cadmium stress in the cunner, Tautogolabrus adspersus 199 



LEONG, RODERICK. Maturation and induced spawning of captive Pacific mackerel, 

 Scomber japonicus 205 



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