hematological tests as applied to fish. The 

 gradual accumulation of the necessary back- 

 ground information should make fish hematol- 

 ogy an even more useful tool in the future. 



Acknowledgments 



The author thanks the Edenton National Fish 

 Hatchery for the striped bass used in this study 

 and Rita S. Riccio for her critical reading and 

 typing of this manuscript. 



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Margaret A. Dawson 



Northeast Fisheries Center Milford Laboratory 

 National Marine Fisheries Service, NO A A 

 Milford, CT 061,60-6^99 



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