Fishery Bulletin 



CONTENTS 



Vol. 87, No. 1 January 1989 



RALSTON, STEPHEN, and HAPPY A. WILLIAMS. Numerical integration of 

 daily growth increments: an efficient means of ageing tropical fishes for stock 

 assessment 1 



BECKMAN, DANIEL W., CHARLES A. WILSON, and A. LOUISE STANLEY. Age 

 and growth of red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, from offshore waters of the northern 

 Gulf of Mexico 17 



THRESHER, R. E., B. D. BRUCE, D. M. FURLANI, and J. S. GUNN. Distribution, 

 advection, and growth of larvae of the southern temperate gadoid, Macruronus rwvae- 

 zelandiae (Teleostei: Merlucciidae), in Australian coastal waters 29 



COLLINS, MARK R., DAVID J. SCHMIDT, C. WAYNE WALTZ, and JAMES L. 

 PICKNEY Age and growth of king mackerel, Scomberomorus cavalla, from the 

 Atlantic coast of the United States 49 



MARGULIES, DANIEL. Effects of food concentration and temperature on develop- 

 ment, growth, and survival of white perch, Morone americana, eggs and larvae. . . 63 



THORROLD, SIMON R. Estimating some early life history parameters in a tropical 

 clupeid, Herklotsichthys castelnaui, from daily growth increments in otoliths .... 73 



FELDKAMP, STEVEN D., DANIEL P COSTA, and GREGORY K. DeKREY Ener- 

 getic and behavioral effects of net entanglements on juvenile northern fur seals, 

 Callorhinv^ ursinus 85 



EMMETT, B., and G. S. JAMIE SON. An experimental transplant of northern abalone, 

 Haliotis kamtschatkana, in Barkley Sound, British Colimibia 95 



WILLIAMS, AUSTIN B., and C. ALLAN CHILD. Comparison of some genera and 

 species of box crabs (Brachyura: Calappidae), southwestern North Atlantic, with 

 description of a new genus and species 105 



POLACHECK, TOM. Yellowfin tuna, Thunnns albacares, catch rates in the western 

 Pacific 123 



LAUTH, ROBERT R. Seasonal spawning cycle, spawning frequency, and batch fecun- 

 dity of the cabezon, Scorpaenichthys marmoratus, in Puget Sound, Washington . . . 145 



WENNER, ELIZABETH L., and CHARLES A. WENNER. Seasonal composition and 

 abundance of decapod and stomatopod crustaceans from coastal habitats, southeast- 

 ern United States 155 



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