Contents— Continued 



REXSTAD, ERIC A., and ELLEN K. PIKITCH. Stomach contents and food consump- 

 tion estimates of Pacific hake, Merluccius productus 947 



PEREZ, MICHAEL A., and MICHAEL A. BIGG. Diet of northern fur seals, Callorhmus 

 ursinus, off western North America 957 



TESTER, PATRICIA A., and ANDREW G. CAREY, JR. Instar identification and life 

 history aspects of juvenile deepwater spider crabs, Chionoecetes tanneri Rathbun . . . 973 



Notes 



CODY, TERRY J., and BILLY E. FULS. Comparison of catches in 4.3 m and 12.2 m shrimp 

 trawls in the Gulf of Mexico 981 



POWELL, ALLYN B., and GERMANO PHONLOR. Early life history of Atlantic men- 

 haden, Brevoortia tyrannus, and gulf menhaden, B. patronus 991 



PODNIESINSKI, GREG S., and BERNARD J. McALICE. Seasonality of blue mussel, 

 Mytilus edulis L., larvae in the Damariscotta River estuary, Maine, 1969-77 995 



Index 1003 



Notices 1017 



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