Fishery Bulletin 



CONTENTS 



Vol. 84, No. 4 October 1986 



POLOVINA, JEFFERY J., and STEPHEN RALSTON. An approach to yield assessment 

 for unexploited resources with application to the deep slope fishes of the Marianas. . 759 



YANG, W. T, R. F. HIXON, P. E. TURK, M. E. KREJCI, W. H. HULET, and R. T. 

 HANLON. Growth, behavior, and sexual maturation of the market squid, Loligo 

 opalescens, cultured through the life cycle 771 



BODKIN, JAMES LEE. Fish assemblages in Macrocystis and Nereocystis kelp forests 

 of central California 799 



STEPIEN, CAROL A. Life history and larval development of the giant kelpfish, Hetero- 

 stichus rostratus Girard, 1854 809 



PAULY, DANIEL. A simple method for estimating the food consumption of fish popu- 

 lations from growth data and food conversion experiments 827 



FINUCANE, JOHN H., L. ALAN COLLINS, HAROLD A. BRUSHER, and CARL H. 

 SALOMAN. Reproductive biology of king mackerel, Scomberomorus cavalla, from the 

 southeastern United States 841 



FARLEY, C. A., S. V. OTTO, and C. L. REINISCH. New occurrence of epizootic sarcoma 

 in Chesapeake Bay soft shell clams, Mya armaria 851 



FOLKVORD, ARILD, and JOHN R. HUNTER. Size-specific vulnerability of northern 

 anchovy, Engraulis mordax, larvae to predation by fishes 859 



SMITH, JOSEPH W., and JOHN V. MERRrNER. Observations on the reproductive biology 

 of the cownose ray, Rhinoptera bonasus, in Chesapeake Bay 871 



McGOWAN, MICHAEL F Northern anchovy, Engraulis mordax, spawning in San Fran- 

 cisco Bay, California, 1978-79, relative to hydrography and zooplankton prey of adults 

 and larvae 879 



HUNTER, J. ROE, BEVERLY J. MACEWICZ, and JOHN R. SIBERT The spawning 

 frequency of skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis, from the South Pacific 895 



HOUDE, EDWARD D, and LAWRENCE LUBBERS III. Survival and growth of striped 

 bass, Morone saxatilis, and Morone hybrid larvae: laboratory and pond enclosure 

 experiments 905 



DAILEY, MURRAY D, and STEPHEN RALSTON. Aspects of the reproductive biology, 

 spatial distribution, growth, and mortality of the deepwater caridean shrimp, Heterocarpus 

 laevigatus, in Hawaii 915 



RALSTON, STEPHEN. An intensive fishing experiment for the caridean shrimp, Hetero- 

 carpus laevigatus, at Alamagan Island in the Mariana Archipelago 927 



DITTY, JAMES G Ichthyoplankton in neritic waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico off 

 Louisiana: composition, relative abundance, and seasonality 935 



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