NOTICES 



NOAA Technical Reports NMFS published during last 6 months of 1981 



Circular 



438. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Sclerac- 

 tinia. By Stephen D. Cairns. July 1981, iii + 15 p., IB figs., 2 tables. 



440. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Turbel- 

 laria: Acoela and Nemertodermatida. By Louise F. Bush. July 1981, 

 iii + 71 p., 184 figs. 



441. Synopsis of the biology of the swordfish, Xiphias gladius Linnaeus. 

 By B. J. Palko, G. L. Beardsley, and W. J. Richards. November 1981, 

 iv + 21 p., 12 figs., 5 tables. Also, FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 127. 



Special Scientific Report — Fisheries 



747. Movement, growth, and mortality of American lobsters, Homarus 

 americanus, tagged along the coast of Maine. By Jay S. Krouse. Sep- 

 tember 1981, iii + 12 p., 10 figs., 8 tables. 



748. Annotated bibliography of the conch genus Strombus (Gastropoda, 

 Strombidae) in the western Atlantic Ocean. By George H. Darcy. 

 September 1981, iii + 16 p. 



749. Food of eight northwest Atlantic Pleuronectiform fishes. By 

 Richard W. Langton and Ray E. Bowman. September 1981, iii + 

 16 p., 1 fig., 8 tables. 



750. World literature to fish hybrids with an analysis by family, species, 

 and hybrid: Supplement 1. By Frank J. Schwartz. November 1981. 

 iii + 507 p. 



751. The Barge Ocean 250 Gasoline Spill. By Carolyn A. Griswold 

 (Editor). November 1981, iv + 30 p., 28 figs., 17 tables. 



752. Movements of tagged summer flounder, Paralickthys dentatus, off 

 southern New England. By F. E. Lux and F. E. Nichy. December 

 1981, iii + 16 p., 13 figs., 3 tables. 



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