Fishery Bulletin 



CONTENTS 



Vol. 75, No. 4 October 1977 



CHAO, LABBISH N., and JOHN A. MUSICK. Life history, feeding habits, and 

 functional morphology of juvenile sciaenid fishes in the York River estuary, Vir- 

 ginia 657 



JONES, ALBERT C, and ALEXANDER DRAGOVICH. The United States shrimp 



fishery off northeastern South America (1972-74) 703 



PETERSON, WILLIAM T., and CHARLES B. MILLER. Seasonal cycle of zooplank- 

 ton abundance and species composition along the central Oregon coast 717 



PERRIN, WILLIAM F., DAVID B. HOLTS, and RUTH B. MILLER. Growth and 

 reproduction of the eastern spinner dolphin, a geographical form of Stenella lon- 

 girostris in the eastern tropical Pacific 725 



CARLINE, ROBERT F. Production by three populations of wild brook trout with 



emphasis on influence of recruitment rates 751 



SECKEL, GUNTER R., and MARIAN Y. Y. YONG. Koko Head, Oahu, sea-surface 

 temperatures and salinities, 1956-73, and Christmas Island sea-surface tempera- 

 tures, 1954-73 767 



DeWITT, HUGH H. A new genus and species of eelpout (Pisces, Zoarcidae) from the 



Gulf of Mexico 789 



LAURS, R. MICHAEL, and RONALD J. LYNN. Seasonal migration of North Pacific 

 albacore, Thunnus alalunga, into North American coastal waters: Distribution, 

 relative abundance, and association with Transition Zone waters 795 



SMITH, RONAL W., and FRANKLIN C. DAIBER. Biology of the summer flounder, 

 Paralichthys dentatus, in Delaware Bay 823 



JOHNS, D. MICHAEL, and WILLIAM H. LANG. Larval development of the spider 



crab, Libinia emarginata (Majidae) 831 



ROSENBLATT, RICHARD H., and JOHN L. BUTLER. The ribbonfish genus Des- 



modema, with the description of a new species (Pisces, Trachipteridae) 843 



INGHAM, MERTON C, STEVEN K. COOK, and KEITH A. HAUSKNECHT. Oxy- 

 cline characteristics and skipjack tuna distribution in the southeastern tropical 

 Atlantic 857 



Notes 



KRYGIER, EARL E., and WILLIAM G. PEARCY. The source of cobalt-60 and migra- 

 tions of albacore off the west coast of North America 867 



PHINNEY, DUANE E. Length-width-weight relationships for mature male snow 



crab, Chionocoetes bairdi 870 



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