Notices 

 NOAA Technical Reports NMFS published during the first 6 mo of 1978. 



Circulars 



409. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United 

 States. Copepoda: cyclopoids parasitic on fishes. By 

 Ju-Shey Ho. February 1978. iii + 12 p.. 17 fig. 



410. The 1976 Cerotium tripos bloom in the New York 

 Bight: causes and consequences. By Thomas C. 

 Malone. May 1978. iv + 14 p. 17 fig., 1 table. 



411. Systematics and biology of the tilefishes (Per- 

 ciformes: Branchiostegidae and Malacanthidael, with 

 descriptions of two new species. By James K. Dooley. 

 April 1978, v + 78 p., 44 fig., 26 tables. 



412. Synopsis of biological data on the red porgy, Pa- 

 grus pagrus (Linnaeus). By Charles S. Manooch III 

 and William W. Hassler. May 1978, iii + 19 p., 12 fig., 7 

 tables. Also FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 1 16. For sale 

 by the Superintendent of Documents. U.S. Govern- 

 ment Printing Office. Washington, DC 20402 Stock 

 No. 003-017-00418-0. 



413. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United 

 States. Crustacea: Branchiura. By Roger F. Cressey. 

 May 1978, iii -i- 10 p., 15 fig. For sale by the Superin- 

 tendent of Documents. U.S. Government Printing 

 Office, Washington, DC 20402 Stock No. 003-017- 

 00419-8. 



Special Scientific Report — Fisheries 



719. Seasonal description of winds and surface and bot- 

 tom salinities and temperatures in the northern Gulf 

 of Mexico, October 1972 to January 1976. By Perry A. 

 Thompson, Jr. and Thomas D. Leming. February 



1978, iv -t- 44 p., 43 fig., 2 tables. For sale by the 

 Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government 

 Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402 Stock No. 

 003-017-00414-7. 



720. Sea surface temperature distributions obtained 

 off San Diego, California, using an airborne infrared 

 radiometer. By James L. Squire, Jr. March 1978, iii -i- 

 30 p., 15 fig.. 1 table, 90 app. fig. For sale by the 

 Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government 

 Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402 Stock No. 

 003-017-00415-5. 



721. National Marine Fisheries Service survey of trace 

 elements in the fishery resource. By R. A. Hall, E. G. 

 Zook, and G. M. Meaburn. March 1978, iii + 313 p., 5 

 tables, 3 app. fig., 1 app. table. 



722. Gulf menhaden, fireroor//a patron ;/s, purse seine 

 fishery: catch, fishing activity, and age and size com- 

 position, 1964-73. By William R. Nicholson. March 

 1978, iii -H 8 p., 1 fig., 12 tables. 



723. Ichthyoplankton composition and plankton vol- 

 umes from inland coastal waters of southeastern 

 Alaska, April-November 1972. By Chester R. Mattson 

 and Bruce L. Wing. April 1978, iii + 11 p., 1 fig., 4 

 tables, 1 app. table. 



724. Estimated average daily instantaneous numbers 

 of recreational and commercial fishermen and boaters 

 in the St. Andrew Bay system, Florida, and adjacent 

 coastal waters, 1973. By Doyle F. Sutherland. May 

 1978, iv + 23 p., 31 fig., 11 tables. 



725. Seasonal bottom-water temperature trends in the 

 Gulf of Maine and on Georges Bank, 1963-75. By Clar- 

 ence W. Davis. May 1978, iv + 17 p., 22 fig., 5 tables. 



NOAA Technical Reports NMFS are available free in limited numbers to Federal and State government agencies. 

 They are also available in exchange for other scientific and technical publications in the marine sciences. Individual 

 copies, if available, may be obtained by purchase from the Superintendent of Documents or by writing to User Services 

 Branch (D822), Environmental Science Information Center, NOAA, Rockville, MD 20852. 



Data on fisheries subjects accessioned through NMFS by NODC during the first 6 mo of 1978. 



Drift bottle, northwestern Gulf of Mexico, February 

 1962 to December 1963. Fifty data sheets in manuscript 

 form. By R. F. Temple and John R. Martin, Gulf 

 Fisheries Center, NMFS. Ref: NAPIS 78-0035. 



This material is available from the National Oceanographic Data Center (D7514), National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

 Administration, Washington, DC 20235. 



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