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BUCKLEY, L. J. Changes in ribonucleic acid, deoxyribonucleic acid, and protein 

 content during ontogenesis in winter flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus, and 

 effect of starvation 703 



SCHERER, MICHAEL D., and DONALD W. BOURNE. Eggs and early larvae of 

 smallmouth flounder, Etropus microstomus 708 



LANCRAFT, THOMAS M., and BRUCE H. ROBISON. Evidence of postcapture 

 ingestion by midwater fishes in trawl nets 713 



NEWKIRK, G. F., and D. L. WAUGH. Inhibitory effect of the alga Pavlova lutherii 

 on growth of mussel, Mytilus edulis, larvae 715 



Notices 

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