Contents— Continued 



LO, NANCY C. H. Modeling life-stage-specific instantaneous mortality rates, an 



application to northern anchovy, Engraulis mordax, eggs and larvae 395 



SEN, A. R. Methodological problems in sampling commercial rockfish landings . . . 409 

 POLOVINA, JEFFREY J. A variable catchability version of the Leslie model with 



application to an intensive fishing experiment on a multispecies stock 423 



MATSUURA, YASUNOBU, and NELSON TAKUMI YONEDA. Early development 



of the lophid anglerfish, Lophius gastrophysus 429 



SQUIRES, DALE. Ex-vessel price linkages in the New England fishing industry . . 437 

 LEBER, KENNETH M., and HOLLY S. GREENING. Community studies in seagrass 

 meadows: A comparison of two methods for sampling macroinvertebrates and 

 fishes 443 



Notes 



OXENFORD, HAZEL A., and WAYNE HUNTE. A preliminary investigation of the 

 stock structure of the dolphin, Coryphaena hippurus, in the western central 

 Atlantic 451 



FORWARD, RICHARD B., JR., BLANCA ROJAS de MENDIOLA, and RICHARD T. 

 BARBER. Effects of temperature on swimming speed of the dinoflagellate Gym- 

 nodinium splendens 460 



GRAHAM, JEFFREY B., RICHARD H. ROSENBLATT, and DARCY L. GIBSON. 

 Morphology and possible swimming mode of a yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares, lack- 

 ing one pectoral fin 463 



RATTY, F J., Y. C. SONG, and R. M. LAURS. Chromosomal analysis of albacore, Thun- 

 nus alalunga, and yellowfin, Thunnus albacares, and skipjack, Katsuwonus pelamis, 

 tuna 469 



STIER, KATHLEEN, and BOYD KYNARD. Abundance, size, and sex ratio of adult 

 sea-run sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, in the Connecticut River 476 



MASON, J. C, and A. C. PHILLIPS. An improved otter surface sampler 480 



GROVE R, JILL J., and BORI L. OLLA. Morphological evidence for starvation and 

 prey size selection of sea-caught larval sablefish, Anoplopoma fimbria 484 



Notices 490 



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