lengths, weights, and age composition 802 



sampling 799 



spawning and fecundity in Middle Atlantic Bight .... 103 

 voluntary swimming speeds and respiration rates 



experimental procedure 878 



feeding measurements 882 



initial and final measurements 881 



postfeeding measurements 882 



Mackerel, jack 

 rearing contamer size affects morphology and nutri- 

 tional condition of larval 789 



Mackerel. Pacific 

 life history, early 



feeding behavior 94 



growth 93 



hatching, onset of feeding, and starvation 91 



laboratory experiments and sea samples 89 



larvae culture 91 



ration, growth efficiency, and metabolism 97 



swimming behavior 94 



Markov decision models 



using, and related techniques for purposes other than 



simple optimization 



defining the model on a discrete grid 37 



model 36 



policy analysis 39 



MARLIAVE, JEFFREY B., "SpawTi and lar\'ae of the 



Pacific sandfish, Trichodon trichodon" 959 



to forecast fishery dynamics: Identification, estimation, 

 and checking" 



887 



MENDELSSOHN. ROY, 'Using Markov decision models 

 and related techniques for purposes other than simple 

 optimization: Analyzingtheconsequencesof policy alter- 

 natives on the management of salmon runs" 35 



Menhaden, Gulf 



spawning and sexual maturity 



age and size of first spawning 948 



ova spawned, number 950 



stages of sexual maturity 948 



time and frequency of spawning 949 



Mercenaria mercenaria — see Clam, hard 



METCALFE, J. L.— see PETERSON et al. 



Microgadus proximus — see Tomcod, Pacific 



Microgadus tomcod — see Tomcod. Atlantic 



Micropogonias undulatus — see Croaker, Atlantic 



MILLER, BRUCE S.— see QUINN et al. 



MILLER. ROBERT E.. DOUGLAS W CAMPBELL, and 

 PAMELA J. LUNSFORD, "Comparison of sampling de- 

 vices for the juvenile blue crab, Ca//mecfe.s sapic^ii.s" ... 196 



MITCHELL, EDWARD D.— see BREIWICK et al. 



MASON, JOHN M., JR.— see BAGLIN et al. 



MATARESE. ANN C, SALLY L. RICHARDSON, and 

 JEAN R. DUNN, "Larval development of Pacific tomcod, 

 Microgadus proximus, in the northeast Pacific Ocean 

 with comparative notes on larvae of walleye pollock, 

 Theragra chalcogramma . and Pacific cod, Gadus macro- 

 cephalus ( Gadidael" 923 



MATARESE, ANN C, and DAVID L. STEIN, "Addi- 

 tional records of the sculpin Psychrolutes phrictus in the 

 eastern Bering Sea and off Oregon" 169 



"Maturity, spawning, and fecundity of Atlantic croaker, 

 Micropogonias undulatus. occurring north of Cape Hat- 

 teras. North Carolina," by Wallace W. Morse 190 



McLELLAN, G. L., and J. K. LEONG, "A radiologic 

 method for examination of the gastrointestinal tract in 

 the Atlantic ridley, Lepidochelys kempi, and logger- 

 head, Caretta caretta, marine turtles" 



965 



MEAD, JAMES G.— see TESTAVERDE and MEAD 



MEAD, JAMES G., DANIEL K. ODELL, RANDALL S. 

 WELLS, and MICHAEL D. SCOTT, "Observations on a 

 mass stranding of spinner dolphin. Stenella longiros- 

 tris, from the west coast of Florida" 



MENDELSSOHN, ROY, "Using Box-Jenkins models 



353 



MODDE. TIMOTHY and STEPHEN T ROSS. "Season- 

 ality of fishes occupying a surf zone habitat in the north- 

 em Gulf of Mexico" 



911 



Monterey Bay, California 



invertebrate community, benthic 



relationships between wave disturbance and zona- 



tion along a subtidal high-energy beach 437 



Monterey Harbor, California 

 otter, sea 



observations on digging for clams 159 



MORGAN, STEVEN G., "Aspects of larval ecology 

 of Squilla empusa (Crustacea, Stomatopoda) in Chesa- 

 peake Bay" 693 



MORRELL, STEPHEN H.— see AINLEY et al. 



Morro Bay, California 

 fish populations, shallow-water 



diel and seasonal variation in abundance and 

 diversity 



MORSE, WALLACE W, "Maturity, spawning, and fe- 

 cundity of Atlantic croaker, Micropogonias undulatus, 

 occurring north of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina" 



MORSE, WALLACE W, "Spawning and fecundity of 

 Atlantic mackerel. Scomber scombrus, in the Middle 

 Atlantic Bight" 



759 

 190 

 103 



993 



