CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Foreword, by Robert E. Coker, Chairman, Advisory Board v 



Members of the Advisory Board ix 



Part I 



HYDROGRAPHY OF NORTH CAROLINA MARINE WATERS 



BY Nelson Marshall 



Introduction 2 



Gross Geography of the Sounds and Neighboring Waters 3 



Gross Geography of the Continental Shelf 7 



Circulation in the Sounds 9 



Circulation Offshore 12 



Temperatures Offshore 21 



Temperatures in the Sounds 33 



Salinity and Nutrient Salts 36 



The Offshore Bar and Its Inlets 50 



Nature of the Bottom 57 



Pollution 58 



Wind, Waves, and Weather 59 



Productivity 64 



Summary Comments and Recommendations 68 



Bibliography 72 



Part II 



BIOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY OF THE 

 ECONOMIC SPECIES 



Introduction, Harden F. Taylor 79 



The Menhaden, William A. Ellison, Jr. 85 



The Edible Finfishes of North Carolina, Eugene W. Roelofs 109 

 The Oyster and Other Mollusks in North Carolina, Alphonse 



F. Chestnut 141 



The Shrimps in North Carolina, Carter Broad 191 



The Blue Crab in North Carolina, John C. Pearson 205 

 The Diamond-back Terrapin in North Carolina, Robert E. Coker 219 



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