NOAA TECHNICAL REPORTS 

 National Marine Fisheries Service, Circulars 



The maj<ir resp.msibiluies of ihe National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) are to monitor and ., 

 distribution of fishery resources, to understand and predict fluctuations in the quantity and ili m h i :i ! i 

 for optimum use of the resources. NMFS is also charged with the development and impU nu i m i ■, . ! 

 grounds, development and enforcement of domestic fisheries regulations, surveillance of Ion. ,, 



development and enforcement of international fishery agreements and policies. NMFS also :i-.-;-t -: f, :i L 

 and economic analvsis programs, and mortgage insurance and vessel construction subsidies. It collects, 

 various phases of the industry. 



The NOAA Technical Report N.MFS Circular series continues a series that has been in existence sir 

 publications of general interest intended to aid conservation and management. Publications that review 

 technical level certain broad areas of research appear in this series. Technical papers originating in econorr 

 vestigations appear in the Circular series. 



NOAA Technical Report NMFS Circulars are available free in limited numbers to governmental agencies, 

 also available in exchange for other scientific and technical publicatiims in the marine sciences Individual 

 otherwise noted) from D82:J, User Services Branch. Environmental .Science Inlorniation Center. NOAA, Ri 



nii-d States coastal waters, and the 

 iiidustrv through marketing service 

 lalyzes, and publishes statistics on 



■ 19-tl. The Ciriulars are technical 

 1 considerable detail and at a high 

 s studies and from management in- 



s. both Federal and State. Thev are 



al copies mav be obtained (unless 



ille. MD 20852. Recent Cir- 



396. Whales, dolphins, and porpoises of the western North Atlantic. A 

 guide to their identification. By Stephen Leatherwood, David K. Cald- 

 well, and Howard E. Winn. August 1976, iv + 176 p., 168 figs., 1 table, 

 14 app. figs. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Gov- 

 ernment Printing Office, Washington. DC 20402; Stock No. 003-020- 

 00119-0. 



397. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. 

 Cnidaria: Scyphozoa. By Flonald J. Larson. August 1976, iii + 18 p., 

 28 figs. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Govern- 

 ment Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402; Stock No. 003-017- 

 00387. 



398. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Higher 

 fungi: Ascomycetes, Deuteromycetes, and Basidiomycetes. By A. R. 

 Cavaliere. March 1977, iii -I- 49 p., 24 figs. For sale by the Super- 

 intendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, 

 DC 20402; Stock No. 003-020-00126-2. 



399. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. 

 Copepoda: Harpacticoida. By Bruce C. Coull. March 1977, iii -t- 48 p., 

 100 figs. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Govern- 

 ment Priming Office, Washington, DC 20402; Stock No. 003-020-00125 - 



400. Fishery publication index 

 Lee C. Thorson. March 1977, 

 intendent of Documents, U.S. Gi 

 DC 20402; Stock No. 003-020-0012' 



By Mary Ellen Engett and 

 p. For sale by the Super- 

 Printing Office, Washington, 



401. Fisheries and fishery resources of New York Bight. By J. L. 

 McHugh. March 1977, v + 50 p.. 43 figs., 49 tables. For sale by the 

 Superintendent of Documents, LI.S. Government Printing Office, Wash- 

 ington, DC 20402; Stock No. 003-020-00129-7. 



402. Guide to the identification of scorpionfish larvae (Family Scor- 

 paenidae) in the eastern Pacific with comparative notes on species of 

 Sebastes and Helicolenus from other oceans. By H. Geoffrey Moser, 

 Elbert H. Ahlstrom, and Elaine M. Sandknop. April 1977, v -I- 71 p., 40 

 figs., 38 tables. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Gov- 

 ernment Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402; Stock No. 003-020- 

 00128-9. 



0040-4. 



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



406. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. 

 Copepoda: Lcrnaeopodidae and Sphyriidae. By Ju-Shey Ho. De- 

 cember 1977, iii -I- 14 p., 16 figs. For sale by the Superintendent of 

 Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402; 

 Stock No. 003-017-00412-1. 



407. Distribution of decapod Crustacea off northeastern United States 

 based on specimens at the Northeast Fisheries Center, Woods Hole. 

 Massachusetts. By Austin B. Williams and Roland L. Wigley. De- 

 cember 1977, iii -I- 44 p., 2 figs., 1 table, 57 charts. 



408. Collecti. 



409. Marine flora and fauna 

 Copepoda: Cyclopoids parasitic t 

 1978. iii + 12 p.. 17 figs. 



By Richard S. 



ortheastern I'nited St< 

 By .Ju-Shey Ho. Febri 



\m tripos bloom in the New York Bight: Causes 

 Thomas C. Malone. May 1978. iv -^ 14 p.. 17 



411. Systematics and biology of the tilefishes (Perciformes: Branchio- 

 stegidae and Malacanthidae). with descriptions of two new species. By 

 •James K. Dooley. April 1978, v -I- 78 p.. 44 figs., 26 tables. 



412. Synopsis of biological data on the red porgy, Pagrus pagrus (Lin- 

 naeus). By Charles S. Manooch III and William W. Hassler. May 

 1978. iii -)- 19 p.. 12 figs., 7 tables. For sale by the Superintendent of 

 Documents, U.S. Government 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 

 figs. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government 

 Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402; Stock No. 003-017-00419-8. 



414 



Synopsis of biological d: 

 tes amencanus (Walbauml 

 8, iii + 43 p., 21 figs., 28 tables. 



for the winter flounder, Pseudopleuro- 

 By Grace Klein-MacPhee. November 



403. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Sipun- 

 cula. By Edward B. Cutler. July 1977, iii -(- 7 p., 6 figs. For sale by 

 the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, 

 Washington, DC 20402; Stock No. 003-012-00404-0. 



404. Revision of the sea basses of the genus Oiptectrum (Pisces: Ser- 

 ranidae). By Stephen A. Bortone. September 1977, v -I- 49 p., 15 figs., 

 9 tables. 



405. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Echino- 

 dermata: Holothuroidea. By David L. Pawson. September 1977, iii + 

 15 p., 3 figs. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Gov- 



415. A basis for classifying western Atlantic Sciaenidae (Teleostei: 

 Perciformes). By Labbish Ning Chao. September 1978, v -i- 64 p., 41 

 figs.. 1 table. 



416. Ocean variability: Effects on U.S. marine fishery resources - 

 1975. (20 papers.) By Julien R. Goulet. Jr. and Elizabeth D. Haynes, 

 Editors. December 1978, iii -I- 350 p. 



417. Guide to the identification of genera of the fish Order 

 Ophidiiformes with a tentative classification of the order. By Daniel M. 

 Cohen and -Jyfrgen G. Nielsen. December 1978, vii + 72 p.. 103 figs., 2 



