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SHERBURNE, STUART W., and LAURIE L. BEAN. Incidence and distribution of 

 piscine erythrocytic necrosis and the microsporidian, Glugea hertwigi, in rainbow 

 smelt, Osmerus mordax, from Massachusetts to the Canadian Maritimes 503 



WINSTEAD, JAMES T. A simple method to obtain serum from small fish 509 



IRVINE, A. BLAIR, MICHAEL D. SCOTT, RANDALL S. WELLS, and JAMES G. 

 MEAD. Stranding ofthe pilot whale, Globtcephala macrorhynchus, in Florida and 

 South Carolina 511 



GALT, CHARLES P. First records of a giant pelagic tunicate, Bathochordaeus 

 charon (Urochordata, Larvacea), from the eastern Pacific Ocean, with notes on its 

 biology 514 



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