NOAA TECHNICAL REPORTS 



National Marine Fisheries Service, Circulars 



The major responsibilities of ihe National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) are to monitor and assess the abundance and geographic distribution of 

 fishery resources, to understand and predict fluctuations in the quantity and distribution of these resources, and to establish levels for optimum use of the 

 resources. NMFS is also charged with the development and implementation of policies for managing national fishing grounds, development and enforce- 

 ment of domestic fisheries regulations, surveillance of foreign fishing off United States coastal waters, and the development and enforcement of interna- 

 tional fishery agreements and policies. NMFS also assists the fishing industry through marketing service and economic analysis programs, and mortgage 

 insurance and vessel construction subsidies. It collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on various phases of the industry. 



The NOAA Technical Report NMFS Circular series continues a series that has been in existence since 1941 . The Circulars are technical publications 

 of general interest intended to aid conservation and management. Publications that review in considerable detail and at a high technical level certain 

 broad areas of research appear in this series. Technical papers originating in economics studies and from management investigations appear in the Circular 

 series. 



NOAA Technical Report NMFS Circulars are available free in limited numbers to governmental agencies, both Federal and Stale. They are also 

 available in exchange for other scientific and technical publications in the marine sciences. Individual copies may be obtained (unless otherwise noted) 

 from D822, User Services Branch, Environmental Science Information Center, NOAA, Rockville, MD 20852. Recent Circulars are: 



418. Annotated bibliography of four Atlantic scombrids: Scomberomorus 

 brasiliensis, S. cavalla, S. maculalus, and S. regalis. By Charles S. Manooch III, 

 Eugene L. Nakamura, and Ann Bowman Hall. December 1978, iii-i- 166 p. 



419. Marine fiora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Protozoa: Sar- 

 codina: Amoebae. By Eugene C. Bovee and Thomas K. Sawyer. January 1979, 

 iii + 56 p., 77 figs. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Govern- 

 ment Printing Office, Washington, DC. 20402, Stock No. 003-017-00433-3. 



420. Preliminary keys to otoliths of some adult fishes of the Gulf of Alaska, 

 Bering Sea, and Beaufort Sea. By James E. Morrow. February 1979, iii + 32 p., 

 9 pi. 



421 . Larval development of shallow water barnacles of the Carolinas (Cirripe- 

 dia: Thoracica) with keys to naupliar stages. By William H. Lang. February 

 1979, iv + 39 p., 36 figs.. 17 tables. 



422. A revision of the catsharks, family Scyliohinidae. By Stewart Springer. 

 April 1979, v+ 142 p., 97 figs. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, 

 U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC. 20402, Stock No. 

 003-020-00147-5. 



423. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United Stales. Crustacea: 

 Cumacea. By Les Watling. April 1979, iii + 23 p.. 35 figs. For sale by the 

 Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. 20402, Stock No. 

 003-017-00446-5. 



424. Guide to the leptocephali (Elopiformes, Anguilliformes, and Notacanthi- 

 formes). By David G. Smith. July 1979, iv + 39 p., 54 figs. 



425. Marine fiora and fauna of the nonheastem United Slates. Anhropoda: 

 Cirripedia. By Victor A. Zullo. April 1979, iii + 29 p., 40 figs. For sale by the 

 Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. 20402, Stock No. 

 003-017-00453-8. 



426. Synopsis of biological data on the rock crab. Cancer irroralus Say. By 

 Thomas E. Bigford. May 1979, v + 26 p., II figs., 21 tables. 



427. Ocean variability in the U.S. Fishery Conservation Zone, 1976. By Julien 

 R. Goulet, Jr., and Elizabeth D. Haynes. editors. July 1979, iii + 362 p. 



(427.) Introduction. By Julien R. Goulet, Jr. July 1979, p. 1-2. 



(427.) Summary. By Julien R. Goulet, Jr. July 1979, p. 3-10. 



(427.) Atmospheric circulation in 1976. By Elizabeth D. Haynes. July 1979, p. 

 11-18, 2 figs. 



(427.) Atmospheric climatology and its effect on sea surface temperature— 

 1976. By Robert R. Dickson and Jerome Namias. July 1979, p. 19-33, 6 figs. 



(427.) Eastern Pacific sea surface conditions in 1976. By Elizabeth D. Haynes. 

 July 1979, p. 35-42. 



(427) Sea surface conditions in the western North Atlantic in 1976. By Julien 

 R. Goulet, Jr., and Elizabeth D. Haynes. July 1976, p. 43-50. 



(427.) Anomalies of monthly mean sea level along the west coasts of North and 

 South America. By Dale E. Bretschneider and Douglas R. McLam. July 1979, p. 

 51-64, 6 figs. 



(427.) Coastal upwelling off western North America, 1976. By Craig S. Nelson. 

 July 1979, p. 65-75, 2 figs., 2 tables. 



(427.) Oceanic conditions during 1976 between San Francisco and Honolulu as 

 observed from Ships of Opportunity. By J. F. T Saur and D R. McLain. July 

 1979, p. 77-92, 5 figs., 2 tables. 



(427.) The 1976 El Nino and recent progress in monitoring and prediction. By 

 William H. Quinn. July 1979, p. 93-110, 7 figs., 4 tables. 



(427.) Sea surface temperature anomalies. By Douglas R. McLain. July 1979, 

 p. 111-149, app. 1. 



(427.) Fluctuations of sea surface temperature and density at coastal stations 

 during 1976. By Douglas R. McLain. July 1979, p. 151-166, 7 figs., app. I. 



(427.) Data on cold weather conditions along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts dur- 

 ing the fall and winter of 1976-77. By J. Lockwood Chamberlin and Reed S. 

 Armstrong. July 1979, p. 167-174, I fig., I table. 



(427.) Wind driven transport Atlantic coast and Gulf of Mexico. By Merton C. 

 Ingraham. July 1979, p. 175-208, 4 figs., 1 table, app. I. 



(427.) Sea surface temperature distribution from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to 

 Miami, Florida - 1976. By Joseph W. Deaver III. July 1979, p. 209-229, 3 figs.. 2 

 tables, app. I . 



(427.) Water column thermal structure across the shelf and slope southeast of 

 Sandy Hook, New Jersey, in 1976. By Steven K. Cook. July 1979, p. 231-257, 

 19 figs. 



(427.) Anticyclonic Gulf Stream eddies off the Northeastern United States dur- 

 ing 1976. By David Mizenko and J. Lockwood Chamberlin. July 1979, p. 

 259-280, 16 figs., 2 tables. 



(427.) River runoff along the Middle Atlantic coast in 1976. By Elizabeth D. 

 Haynes. July 1979, p. 281-287, I fig., 1 table, app. 1. 



(427.) Climatic conditions related to the fish kill and anoxia off New Jersey 

 during the summer of 1976. By Reed S. Armstrong. July 1979, p. 289-300, 

 5 figs. 



(427.) Variations in Ihe position of the shelf water front off the Atlantic coast 

 between Georges Bank and Cape Romain in 1976. By John T. Gunn. July 1979, 

 p. 301-314, 8 figs., 1 table. 



(427.) Temperature structure on the continental shelf and slope south of New 

 England during 1976. By R. Wylie Crist and J Lockwood Chamberlin. July 

 1979, p. 315-335,2 figs., app. 1. 



(427.) Continuous plankton records: Zooplankton and net phytoplankton in 

 the Mid-Atlantic Bight, 1976. By Daniel E. Smith and Jack W. Jossi. July 1979, 

 p. 337-348, 7 figs. 



(427.) Siphonophore ("lipo") swarming in New England coastal waters- 

 update, 1976. By Carolyn A. Rogers. July 1979, p. 349-352, I fig. 



(427.) Bottom-water temperatures in the Gulf of Maine and on Georges Bank 

 during spring and autumn, 1976. By Clarence W. Davis. July 1979, p. 353-362, 6 

 figs., 3 tables. 



