368. Cooperative Gulf of Mexico estuarine inven- 

 tory and study, Florida: Phase I , area description, 

 by J. Kneeland McNulty, William N. Lindall, Jr., 

 and James E. Sykes. November 1972, vii + 126 

 pp., 46 figures. 62 tables. Price $1.25. 



ABSTRACT 



Newly-developed tables and maps depict the dimen- 

 sions, submerged vegetation, tidal marshes, mangrove 

 swamps, commercial oyster beds, leased oyster-rearing 

 areas, sources of pollution, drained tidal marshes, and 

 filled areas of Florida's west coast estuaries. Published 

 and unpublished information on temperature, salinity, 

 geology, artificial fishing reefs, stream discharge, human 

 population, commercial fishing, and economic develop- 

 ment is presented in new form. 



If the total area of estuaries (3,003,312 acres = 

 1,215,440 ha) is considered to be the area of open water 

 (2,081,525 acres = 842,393 ha) plus the area of mangrove 

 swamps (393,160 acres = 159,112 ha) and tidal marshes 

 (528,528 acres = 213,895 ha), then roughly one-half of the 

 total area of estuaries is unvegetated; the remaining half 

 is about equally divided among mangroves, tidal 

 marshes, and submerged vegetation. 



Human population in coastal counties increased from 

 614,616 persons in 1930 to 3,320.226 persons in 1970, 

 resulting in adverse effects from pollution to 43 percent of 

 estuarine areas, filling of 23,521 acres (9,519 ha) mainly 

 for residential and industrial development, and draining 

 of 26,676 acres (10,796 ha) of tidal marshes for mosquito 

 control. Increasing population correlates directly with the 

 number of sources of pollution, filled area, and the area 

 closed to shellfishing by public health authorities; thus, 

 failure to control the adverse effects of population growth 

 will clearly result in continued rapid degradation of es- 

 tuarine habitat on Florida's west coast. 



369. Field guide to the angelfishes (Pomacanthidae) 

 in the western Atlantic, by Henry A. Feddern. 



November 1972, 10 pp., 17 figs. Price 25 cents. 



ABSTRACT 

 A key illustrated by photographs and brief descriptions 

 is presented to aid in identifying the six species of angel- 

 fishes, family Pomacanthidae, found in the western Atlan- 

 tic. 



370. Collecting and processing data on fish eggs and 

 larvae in the California Current region, by David 

 Kramer, Mary J. Kalin, Elizabeth G. Stevens. 

 James R. Thrailkill. and James R. Zweifel. 



November 1972. iv + 38 pp.. 38 figs.. 2 tables. 



Price 50 cents. 



ABSTRACT 

 Descriptions are given for the methods used by the 

 California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations 

 to collect and process plankton. These include details of 

 the design of the station pattern in the survey area, the 

 gear and methods used for plankton hauls, measuring 

 plankton, and sorting plankton for fish eggs and larvae: 

 some procedures for identifying fish eggs and larvae: 



details of "hand" processing data for standardization of 

 numbers of organisms collected in all plankton hauls; 

 calibration of flowmeters; and some new procedures for 

 automatic data processing. 



371. To be published in 1973. 



372. Fishery publications, calendar year 1971: Lists 

 and indexes, by Thomas A. Manar. October 1972, 



iv + 24 pp., 1 fig. Price 30 cents. 



ABSTRACT 

 The following series of fishery publications of the Na- 

 tional Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and 

 Atmospheric Administration, in calendar year 1971 are 

 listed numerically (with abstracts) and indexed by author, 

 subject, and geographic area: NOAA Technical Report 

 NMFS CIRC (formerly Circular); Data Report; Fishery 

 Leaflet; and NOAA Technical Report NMFS SSRF (for- 

 merly Special Scientific Report — Fisheries.) 



373-376. To be published in 1973. 



377. Fishery publications, calendar year 1970: Lists 

 and indexes, by Mary Ellen Engett and Lee C. 

 Thorson. December 1972, iv + 34 pp., 1 fig. 

 ABSTRACT 

 The following series of fishery publications of the Na- 

 tional Marine Fisheries Service. National Oceanic and 

 Atmospheric Administration (until October. 1970 the 

 Bureau of Commercial Fisheries of the U.S. Fish and 

 Wildlife Service) in calendar year 1970 are listed numeri- 

 cally (with abstracts) and indexed by author, subject, and 

 geographic area: Circular, Data Report. Fishery Industrial 

 Research, Fishery Leaflet, and Special Scientific 

 Report — Fisheries. 



Data Report 



(Hard copies of Data Reports Nos. 71, 73 and 74 are for 

 sale at $3.00 each and microfiche copies for 95 cents 

 each. No. 72 is for sale at $9.00 and microfiche copies for 

 95 cents each by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Na- 

 tional Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal 

 Road, Springfield, VA 22151.) 



71. Predation, particularly by sculpins, on salmon 

 fry in fresh waters of Washington, by Benjamin G. 



Patten. 1972. 21 pp. on 1 microfiche. 



ABSTRACT 

 Stomach contents of 41 species of fish collected in one 

 lake and 1 1 streams were examined to determine species 

 that were predaceous on wild and cultured Pacific salm- 

 on, Oncorhynchus spp., fry. The only species with salmon 

 in their stomachs were: sculpins, Cottus spp . coho 

 salmon, O. kisutch. chinook salmon, O. tshawytscha. 

 rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri, and cutthroat trout, S. 

 clarki. Presented are data on the number of salmon in 

 the stomachs of the predators and on body lengths of 

 the predator species. 



