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NOAA Technical Reports NMFS published during last 6 months of 1988. 



67. Index numbers and productivity measurement in multispecies 

 fisheries: an application to the Pacific coast trawl fleet. By 

 Dale Squires. July 1988, iii + 34 p., 1 fig., 36 tables, 6 app.. 



68. Annotated bibliography II of the hard clam Mercenaria 

 mercenaria. By J. L. McHugh and Marjorie W. Sum- 

 ner. September 1988, iii + 59 p. 



69. Environmental quality and aquaculture systems. By Carl J. 

 Sindermann (editor). October 1988, iii ± 50 p. 



Relationship between fish culture methods and pondwater 

 quality in freshwater fish culture. By Kenji Chiba. Pages 

 1-7, 1 fig., 5 tables. 



Environmental management of larval rearing of marine 

 fishes— A short history of research to prevent lordosis in red 

 sea bream, Pagrus major. By Kunihiko Fukusho and Chikara 

 Kitajima. Pages 9-13, 3 figs. 



Salinity tolerances of marine bivalves. By Shoji Funakoshi, 

 Tohru Suzuki, and Koji Wada. Pages 15-18, 1 fig., 1 table. 



Temperature preference of immature horse mackerel, Tra- 

 churus japoninis. in a vertical temperature gradient. By 

 Astushi Furukawa, Hiroshi Fukataki, and Shuji Tsuchida. 

 Pages 19-23, 6 figs., 1 table. 



Effects of environment on seedlings of the king crab, Parali- 

 thodes camtschaticus. By Takashi Nakanishi. Pages 25-35, 

 16 figs., 2 tables. 



Some methods of water-flow control for mariculture. 

 Toshifumi Noma. Pages 37-44, 12 figs. 



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Environmental conditions in pearl oyster culture grounds in 

 Japan. By Kouichi Ohwada and Haruhiko Uemoto. Pages 

 45-50, 6 figs., 3 tables. 



70. New and innovative advances in biology/engineering with 

 potential for use in aquaculture. By Albert K. Sparks (editor). 

 November 1988, iii -^ 69 p. 



Chum salmon growth hormone: Isolation and effects on 

 growth of juvenile rainbow trout. By Hiroshi Kawauchi and 

 Syunsuke Moriyama. Pages 1-6, 4 figs., 1 table. 



Cloning and expression of cDNA for salmon growth hormone 

 in Escherichia coli. By Seiga Itoh, Susumu Sekine, and 

 Hiroshi Kawaguchi. Pages 7-8. 



Molecular toxicology: A new frontier. By Thomas T. Chen, 

 Rebecca J. Van Beneden, Luis B. Agellon, Duane A. Howard, 

 and Ronald A. Sonstegard. Pages 9-14, 4 figs., 1 table. 



Necessity of dietary sterols and phospholipids for growth of 

 the prawn, Penaeus japonicus Bate. By Shin-ichi Teshima 

 and Akio Kanazawa. Pages 15-20, 5 figs., 3 tables. 



Applications of endocrinology to salmon culture: Hormonal in- 

 duction of spawning of adults and hormone patterns during 

 development of juveniles. By Walton W. Dickhoff. Pages 

 21-22. 



Isolation and development of protoplast in Porphyra. By 

 Hitoshi Kito. Pages 23-26, 2 figs., 1 table. 



Genetic engineering and biotechnology of economically impor- 

 tant seaweeds. By Donald P. Cheney. Pages 27-28. 



Mass culture of Ulvella lens as a feed for abalone, Haliotis 

 discus hannai. By Kanji Takahashi and Akimitsu Kogane- 

 zawa. Pages 29-36, 17 figs., 3 tables. 



Bacterial products and polysaccharide films as cues and 

 enhancers of oyster set. By Ronald M. Weiner, Levent 

 Dagasan, Michael P. Labare, Rita R. Colwell, Dale B. Bonar, 

 and Steven L. Coon. Pages 37-38. 



Juvenile hormone in Crustacea. By Hans Laufer, David 

 Borst, Fred C. Baker, and David A. Schooley. [Abstr.] Page 

 39. 



Recent advances in nursery culture of bivalve mollusks in 

 North America. By John J. Manzi and Nancy H. Hadley. 

 Pages 41-46, 3 figs., 5 tables. 



Tissue culture and genetic engineering for seaweed aquacul- 

 ture. By Naotsune Saga and Yoshiaki Sanbonsuga. Pages 

 47-54, 5 figs., 5 tables. 



Preliminary investigations on cryopreservation of marine 

 bivalve gametes and larvae. By Lehman L. Ellis. [Abstr.] 

 Page 55. 



Microparticulate diets for fish larvae. By Akio Kanazawa and 

 Shin-ichi Teshima. Pages 57-62, 5 figs., 10 tables. 



Sowing culture of scallop in Japan. By Hiroshi Ito. Pages 

 63-69, 7 figs., 1 table. 



7 1 . Greeland turbot Reinhardtius hippoglossoides of the eastern 

 Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands region. By Miles S. Alton, 

 Richard G. Bakkala, Gary E. Walters, and Peter T. Munro. 

 December 1988, iii -f 31 pages, 34 figs., 10 tables. 



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