Contents— Continued 

 Notes 



WEBER, EARL C, and STEPHEN R. GOLDBERG. The sex ratio and gonad indices 

 of swordfish, Xiphias gladius, caught off the coast of southern California in 

 1978 185 



UCHIYAMA, JAMES H., RAYMOND K. BURCH, and SYD A. KRAUL, JR. Growth 

 of dolphins, Coryphaena hippurus and C. equiselis, in Hawaiian waters as determined 

 by daily increments on otoliths 186 



FROST, KATHRYN J., and LLOYD F. LOWRY Sizes of walleye pollock, Theragra 

 chalcogramma, consumed by marine mammals in the Bering Sea 192 



VAN ENGEL, W. A., R. E. HARRIS, JR., and D. E. ZWERNER. Occurrence of some 

 parasites and a commensal in the American lobster, Homarus americanus, from the 

 Mid- Atlantic Bight 197 



COLLETTE, BRUCE B. Resilience of the fish assemblage in New England tide- 

 pools 200 



JOHNSON, PHYLLIS T Parasites of benthid amphipods: ciliates 204 



MASON, J. C. Fecundity of the Pacific hake, Merluccius productus, spawning in 

 Canadian waters 209 



SELZER, LAWRENCE A., GREG EARLY, PATRICIA M. FIORELLI, P. MICHAEL 

 PAYNE, and ROBERT PRESCOTT Stranded animals as indicators of prey utiliza- 

 tion by harbor seals, Phoca vitulina concolor, in southern New England 217 



WARNER, JOHN, and BOYD KYNARD. Scavenger feeding by subadult striped bass, 

 Morone saxatilis, below a low-head hydroelectric dam 220 



RANCK, CAROL L., FRED M. UTTER, GEORGE B. MILNE R, and GARY B. SMITH. 

 Genetic confirmation of specific distinction of arrowtooth flounder, Atheresthes stomias, 

 and Kamchatka flounder, A. evermanni 222 



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