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NOAA Technical Reports NMFS published during first 6 months of 1983 



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448. Synopsis of biological data on the grunts Haemulon aurolineatum and H. 

 plumieri (Pisces: Haemulidae). By George H. Darcy. February 1983, iv + 

 37 p., 33 figs., 26 tables. 



449. Synopsis of biological data on the pigfish, Orthopristis chrysoptera (Pisces: 

 Haemulidae). By George H. Darcy. March 1983, iv + 23 p., 22 figs., 15 

 tables. 



450. The utility of developmental osteology in taxonomic and systematic 

 studies of teleost larvae: A review. By JeanR.Dunn. June 1983, iii+ 19p., 

 7 figs., 5 tables. 



Special Scientific Report — Fisheries 



761. Sea level variations at Monterey, California. By Dale Emil Bretschneider 

 and Douglas R. McLain. January 1983, iii + 50 p., 16 figs., 3 tables, 

 App. A, B. 



762. Abundance of pelagic resources off California, 1963-78, as measured by an 

 airborne fish monitoring program. By James L. Squire, Jr. February 1983, 

 v + 75 p., 65 figs., 4 tables. 



763. Climatology of surface heat fluxes over the California Current region. By 

 Craig S. Nelson and David M. Husby. February 1983, iii + 155 p., 21 figs., 

 1 table, App. I, II, III. 



764. Demersal fishes and invertebrates trawled in the northeastern Chukchi 

 and western Beaufort Seas, 1976-77. By Kathryn J. Frost and Lloyd F. 

 Lowry. February 1983, iii + 22 p., 4 figs., 6 tables, App. A. 



765. Distribution and abundance of larvae of king crab, Paralithodes 

 camtschatica, and pandalid shrimp in the Kachemak Bay area, Alaska, 1972 

 and 1976. By Evan Haynes. April 1983, iii + 64 p., 29 figs., 1 table, 

 App. 



766. An atlas of the distribution and abundance of dominant benthic inverte- 

 brates in the New York Bight apex with reviews of their life histories. By 

 Janice V. Caracciolo and Frank W. Steimle, Jr. March 1983, v + 58 p., 69 

 figs., 5 tables. 



767. A commercial sampling program for sandworms, Nereis virens Sars, and 

 bloodworms, Glycera dibranchiata Ehlers, harvested along the Maine 

 coast. By Edwin P. Creaser, Jr., David A. Clifford, Michael J. Hogan, and 

 David B. Sampson. April 1983, iv + 56 p., 16 figs., 30 tables, App. A. 



768. Distribution and abundance of east coast bivalve mollusks based on speci- 

 mens in the National Marine Fisheries Service Woods Hole collection. By 

 Roger B.Theroux and Roland L.Wigley. June 1983, xvi+ 172 p., 121 figs., 

 327 tables. 



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