lutris" by Thomas R. Loughlin, Jack A. Ames, and Jud- 

 son E. Vandevere 



347 



ANTONELIS, GEORGE A., JR., STEPHEN LEATH- 

 ERWOOD, and DANIEL K, ODELL, "Population growth 

 and censuses of the northern elephant seal, Mirounga 

 angustirostris , on the California Channel Islands, 1958- 

 78" 



Arabian gulf 

 fishes, food 



proximate composition and nutritive value 



562 



211 



ARMSTRONG, DAVID A. — see STEVENS and ARM- 

 STRONG 



ARNOLD, C. R.— see HOLT et al. 



"Assimilation efficiency and nitrogen excretion of a 

 filter-feeding planktivore, the Atlantic menhaden, Bre- 

 voortia tyrannus (Pisces: Clupeidael," by Edward G. Dur- 

 bin and Ann G. Durbin 601 



Atherinops affinis — see Topsmelt 



Atlantic, northwest 



food of 10 species of juvenile groundfish 200 



Atlantic, western 

 crab, xanthid 

 Micropanope sculptipes. complete larval develop- 

 ment in laboratory 487 



Atlantic, western North 



billfishes 

 analysis of catch and effort data from U.S. recre- 

 ational fishery 1971-78 49 



hagfishes 

 description of two new species 69 



Atlantic Bight, Middle 



diel-depth distribution of summer ichthyoplankton .. 705 



Atlantic coast 

 ale wife 



offshore distribution 473 



herring, blueback 



offshore distribution 473 



Australia 

 tuna, skipjack 

 distribution and life history 85 



BARKER, SETH L., DAVID W. TOWNSEND, and JOHN 

 S. HACUNDA, "Mortalities of Atlantic herring, Clupea 

 h. harengus, smooth flounder, Liopsetta putnami, and 

 rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax, larvae exposed to acute 

 thermal shock" 198 



BEACH, RICHARD J.— see AINLEY et al. 



BEARDLSEY, GRANT L., and RAMON J. CONSER, 

 "An analysis of catch and effort data from the U.S. 

 recreational fishery for billfishes (Istiophoridae) in 



the western North Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, 

 1971-78" 49 



Bering Sea, eastern 



new fishes 353 



Billfishes 



U.S. recreational fishery, 1971-78 



catch model 59 



data acquisition 52 



fishing techniques 50 



longline fishery 50 



marlin, blue 60, 64 



marlin, white 60, 64 



methodology 53 



sailfish 61, 65 



sampling coverage 53 



sampling problems 52 



sampling program 51 



BIRD, PATRICIA M., "The occurrence oiCirolana boreal- 

 is (Isopoda) in the hearts of sharks from Atlantic coastal 

 waters of Florida" 376 



Bivalves 



deep-burrowing infaunal 

 flushing-coring device for collecting in intertidal 

 sand 383 



BLACKBURN, MAURICE, and D. L. SERVENTY, "Ob- 

 servations on distribution and life history of skipjack 

 tuna, /Ca^swwonwspe/a/TJis, in Australian waters" 85 



BOEHLERT, GEORGE W., "The effects of photoperiod 

 and temperature on laboratory growth of juvenile Se- 

 bastes diploproa and a comparison with growth in the 

 field" 789 



BOWMAN, RAY E., "Food of 10 species of northwest 

 Atlantic juvenile groundfish" 200 



BREGE, DEAN A., "Growth characteristics of young-of- 

 the-year walleye, Stizostedion vitreum vitreum. in John 

 Day Reservoir on the Columbia River, 1979" 567 



Brevoortia patronus — see Menhaden, Gulf 



Brevoortia tyrannus — see Menhaden, Atlantic 



"Burst swimming performance of northern anchovy, 

 Engraulis mordax, larvae," by P. W. Webb and R. T. 

 Corolla 143 



California 

 sea otters 



annual reproduction, dependency period, and appar- 

 ent gestation period 347 



California, central 

 rockfish, olive 



growth, reproduction, and food habits 533 



California, southern 

 fishes 



crepuscular and nocturnal activites 1 



814 



