Fishery BulletirC^ 



CONTENTS L^22dlHole^Mass. 



Vol. 84, No. 1 January 1986 



THE IL ACKER, GAIL H. Starvation-induced mortality of young sea-caught jack 

 mackerel, Trachurus symmetricus, determined with histological and morphological 

 methods 1 



RENAUD, MAURICE L. Hypoxia in Louisiana coastal waters during 1983: impli- 

 cations for fisheries 19 



LO, N. C. H., and T. D. SMITH. Incidental mortality of dolphins in the eastern tropical 

 Pacific, 1959-72 27 



MIDDLETON, ROBERT W., and JOHN A. MUSICK. The abundance and distribution 

 of the family Macrouridae (Pisces: Gadiformes) in the Norfolk Canyon area 35 



KEIRANS, WALTER J., SIDNEY S. HERMAN, and R. G. MALSBERGER. Differen- 

 tiation of Prionotus carolinus and Prionotus evolans eggs in the Hereford Inlet estuary, 

 southern New Jersey, using immunodiffusion 63 



HUNT, JOHN H., WILLIAM C. LYONS, and FRANK S. KENNEDY, JR. Effects of 

 exposure and confinement on spiny lobsters, Panulirus argus, used as attractants 

 in the Florida fishery 69 



BEACH AM, TERRY D. Type, quantity, and size of food of Pacific salmon (Oncorhyn- 

 chus) in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, British Columbia 77 



JONES, CYNTHIA. Determining age of larval fish with the otolith increment tech- 

 nique 91 



MOYLE, PETER B., ROBERT A. DANIELS, BRUCE HERBOLD, and DONALD M. 

 BALTZ. Patterns in distribution and abundance of a noncoevolved assemblage of 

 estuarine fishes in California 105 



KRYGIER, E. E., and W G. PE ARCY The role of estuarine and offshore nursery areas 

 for young English sole, Parophrys vetulus Girard, of Oregon 119 



STEIMLE, FRANK W, PAUL D BOEHM, VINCENT S. ZDANOWICZ, and RALPH 

 A. BRUNO. Organic and trace metal levels in ocean quahog, Arctica islandica Linne, 

 from the northwestern Atlantic 133 



RALSTON, STEPHEN, REGINALD M. GOODING, and GERALD M. LUDWIG. 

 An ecological survey and comparison of bottom fish resource assessments (submers- 

 ible versus handline fishing) at Johnston Atoll 141 



WILLASON, STEWART W, JOHN FAVUZZI, and JAMES L. COX. Patchiness and 

 nutritional condition of zooplankton in the California Current 157 



JOHNSON, P. T, R. A. MacINTOSH, and D A. SOMERTON. Rhizocephalan infec- 

 tion in blue king crabs, Paralithodes platypus, from Olga Bay, Kodiak Island, 

 Alaska 177 



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