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489 Length at maturity in three pelagic sharks (Lamna 

 jiasus, Isurus oxyrinchus, and Prionace glauea ) from 

 New Zealand, by Malcolm P. Francis and Clinton 

 Duffy 



601 Sexual differentiation and gonad development 

 in striped mullet (Mugil cephalus L. ) from South 

 Carolina estuaries, by Christopher J. McDonough, 

 William A. Roumillat, and Charles A. Wenner 



501 Survey- and fishery-derived estimates of Pacific cod 620 



(Gadus macrocephalus) biomass): implications for 

 strategies to reduce interactions between groundfish 

 fisheries and Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus), 

 by Lowell W. Fritz and Eric S. Brown 



516 Mitochondrial gene sequences useful for species 



identification of western North Atlantic Ocean 635 



sharks, by Thomas W. Greig, M. Katherine Moore, 

 Cheryl M. Woodley, and Joseph M. Quattro 



524 Genetic variation of rougheye rockfish (Sebastes 

 aleutianus) and shortraker rockfish (S. borealis) 

 inferred from allozymes, by Sharon L. Hawkins, 

 Jonathan Heifetz, Christine M. Kondzela, John 

 E. Pohl, Richard L. Wilmot, Oleg N. Katugin, and 

 Vladimir N. Tuponogov 



536 The reproductive cycle of the thorny skate (Ambly- 

 raja radiata ) in the western Gulf of Maine, by James 

 A. Sulikowski, Jeff Kneebone, Scott Elzey, Joe Jurek, 

 Patrick D. Danley, W. Huntting Howell, and Paul C. 

 W. Tsang 



544 Effect of type of otolith and preparation technique on 

 age estimation of larval and juvenile spot (Leiosto- 

 mus xanthurus), by Dariusz P. Fey, Gretchen E. Bath 

 Martin, James A. Morris, and Jonathan A. Hare 



553 Preliminary use of oxygen stable isotopes and the 

 1983 EI Nino to assess the accuracy of aging black 

 rockfish {Sebastes melanops), by Kevin R. Piner, 

 Melissa A. Haltuch, and John R. Wallace 



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561 Patterns of growth, mortality, and size of the tropi- 

 cal damselfish Acanthochromis polyacanthus across 

 the continental shelf of the Great Barrier Reef, by 

 Michael J. Kingsford and Julian M. Hughes 



574 Variation in the distribution of walleye pollock 

 (Theragra chalcogramma) with temperature and 

 implications for seasonal migration, by Stan Kot- 

 wicki, Troy W. Buckley, Taina Honkalehto, and Gary 

 Walters 



588 Toward identification of larval sailfish (Istio- 

 phorus platypterus), white marlin (Tetrapturus 

 albidus), and blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) in 

 the western North Atlantic Ocean, by Stacy A. 

 Luthy, Robert K. Cowen, Joseph E. Serafy, and Jan 

 R. McDowell 



Incidental catch and estimated discards of pelagic 

 sharks from the swordfish and tuna fisheries in the 

 Mediterranean Sea, by Persefoni Megalofonou, Con- 

 stantinos Yannopoulos, Dimitrios Damalas, Gregorio 

 De Metrio, Michel Deflorio, Jose M. de la Serna, and 

 David Macias 



Reproductive biology of female Rikuzen sole (Dex- 

 istes rikuzenius ), by Yoji Narimatsu, Daiji Kitagawa, 

 Tsutomu Hattori, and Hirobumi Onodera 



648 Temporal and spatial distribution and abundance of 

 flathead sole (Hippoglossoides elassodon ) eggs and 

 larvae in the western Gulf of Alaska, by Steven M. 

 Porter 



659 Movements and spawning of white marlin (Tetraptu- 

 rus albidus) and blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) off 

 Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, by Eric D. Prince, 

 Robert K. Cowen, Eric S. Orbesen, Stacy A. Luthy, Joel 

 K, Llopiz, David E, Richardson, and Joseph E. Serafy 



670 Life history characteristics for silvergray rockfish 

 (Sebastes brevispinis) in British Columbia waters 

 and the implications for stock assessment and 

 management, by Richard D. Stanley and Allen R. 

 Kronlund 



685 Impact of the California sea lion (Zalophus califor- 

 nianus) on salmon fisheries in Monterey Bay, Cali- 

 fornia, by Michael J. Weise and James T. Harvey 



697 Estimates of growth and comparisons of growth 

 rates determined from length- and age-based models 

 for populations of purple wrasse (Notolabrus fuci- 

 cola ). by Dirk C. Welsford and Jeremy M. Lyle 



712 Effects of harvesting methods on sustainability of a 

 bay scallop fishery: dredging uproots seagrass and 

 displaces recruits, by Melanie J. Bishop, Charles H. 

 Peterson, Henry C. Summerson, and David Gaskill 



720 Longline-caught blue shark (Prionace glauea): fac- 

 tors affecting the numbers available for live release, 

 by Guillermo A. Diaz and Joseph E. Serafy 



725 Length correction for larval and early-juvenile 

 Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) after pres- 

 ervation in alcohol, by Dariusz P. Fey and Jonathan 

 A. Hare 



728 Comparison of average larval fish vertical distribu- 

 tions among species exhibiting different transport 

 pathways on the southeast United States continen- 

 tal shelf, by Jonathan A. Hare and John J. Govoni 



