"Movement of sea-run sea lampreys, Petromyzon marinus, 

 during the spawning migration in the Connecticut River," 

 by Kathleen Stier and Boyd Kynard 749 



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 



MUSICK, JOHN A.-see MIDDLETON and MUSICK 



Mussel, blue 

 larvae in Damariscotta River estuary, Maine 995 



Mya arenaria—see Clam, soft shell 



MYRICK, A. C, JR., A. A. HOHN, J. BARLOW, and P. A. 

 SLOAN, "Reproductive biology of female spotted dolphins, 

 Stenella attenuata, from the eastern tropical Pacific" . . 247 



Mytilus edulis—see Mussel, blue 



NELSON, WALTER R, and DEAN W AHRENHOLZ, 

 "Population and fishery characteristics of gulf menhaden, 

 Brevoortia patronus" 311 



Nematoscelis difficilis 157 



Nereocystis leutkeana—see Kelp, bull 



Netuma barba—see Catfish, sea 



Neuston sampler 

 an improved otter surface sampler 480 



New Bedford 

 ex-vessel price in New England fishing industry .... 437 



New England 

 ex-vessel price in New England fishing industry .... 437 



"New occurrence of epizootic sarcoma in Chesapeake Bay 

 soft shell clams, Mya arenaria," by C. A. Farley, S. V. 

 Otto, and C. L. Reinisch 851 



Nezumia aequalis 

 abundance and distribution in Norfolk Canyon 35 



Nezumia bairdii 

 abundance and distribution in Norfolk Canyon 35 



NICHOLAS, JOHN R.-see PAYNE et al. 



"Northern anchovy, Engraulis mordax, spawning in San 

 Francisco Bay, California, 1978-79, relative to hydrography 

 and zooplankton prey of adults and larvae," by Michael F. 

 McGowan 879 



Nursery studies 

 estuary studies 119 



"Observations on the reproductive biology of the cownose 

 ray, Rhinoptera bonasus in Chesapeake Bay," by Joseph 

 W. Smith and John V. Merriner 871 



O'BRIEN, LORETTA-see PAYNE et al. 



"Occurrence of some parasites and a commensal in the 

 American lobster, Homarus americanus, from the Mid- 

 Atlantic Bight," by W. A. Van Engel, R. E. Harris, Jr., 

 and D. E. Zwerner 197 



OLLA, BORI L.-see GROVER and OLLA 



Oncorhynchus gorbuscha—see Salmon, pink 



Oncorhynchus kisutch—see Salmon, coho 



Oncorhynchus nerka—see Salmon, sockeye 



Oncorhynchus tshawytscha—see Salmon, chinook 



Oregon 

 nursery areas for English sole 119 



"Organic and trace metal levels in ocean quahog, Arctica 

 islandica Linne, from the northwestern Atlantic," by 

 Frank W. Steimle, Paul D. Boehm, Vincent S. Zdanowicz, 

 and Ralph A. Bruno 133 



Otoliths 



age validation in Atlantic sailfish 493 



catfish, sea 679 



disposition rates 91 



dolphin fishes in Hawaiian waters 186 



increment technique for aging larval fishes 493 



Otter surface sampler 480 



OTTO, ROBERT S.-see SOMERTON and OTTO 



OTTO, S. V.-see FARLEY et al. 



OXENFORD, HAZEL A., and WAYNE HUNTE, "A pre- 

 liminary investigation of the stock structure of the dolphin, 

 Coryphaena hippurus, in the western central Atlantic" . . 451 



Pacific eastern tropical 

 reproductive biology of the spotted dolphin 247 



Pandalus borealis—see Shrimp, northern 



Panulirus argus—see Lobster, spiny 



Paralithodes platypus— see Crab, king 



Parasite studies 



American lobster 197 



benthic amphipods infected with dinoflagellates 605 



rhizocephalan infection in king crab 327 



swordfish tapeworm 754 



"Parasites of benthic amphipods: ciliates," by Phyllis T. 

 Johnson 204 



"Parasites of benthic amphipods: dinoflagellates (Dubosc- 

 quodinida: Syndinidae)," by Phyllis T. Johnson 605 



Parathemisto (hyperiid amphipod) 

 food items of Pacific salmon 77 



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