CONTENTS 



Introduction 1 



Methods 1 



Results and discussion 2 



Fishes 2 



Boreogadus saida 4 



Lycodes polaris 4 



Icelus bicornis 5 



Artediellus scaber 6 



Aspidophoroides olriki 6 



Liparis spp 6 



Eumicrotremus derjugini 6 



Gymnelis viridis 7 



Icelus spatula 7 



Epifaunal invertebrates 7 



Brachyuran crabs 7 



Shrimps 7 



Family Hippolytidae 7 



Family Pandalidae 8 



Family Crangonidae 8 



Amphipods 9 



Gastropods 9 



Bivalves 9 



Polychaetes 9 



Echinoderms 9 



Other groups 9 



Acknowledgments 9 



Literature cited 10 



Appendix A. Fishes and invertebrates collected in the northeastern Chukchi and western Beaufort Seas in August-September 



1977. Letters and numbers indicate stations (Figure I) II 



Figures 



1 . Locations of otter trawl stations in the northeastern Chukchi and western Beaufort Seas, August-September 1976 and 1977 . . 2 



2. Length-frequency distribution of Arctic cod caught in the northeastern Chukchi and western Beaufort Seas, August-September 

 1976 and 1977 5 



3. Length-frequency distribution of Canadian eelpout caught in the northeastern Chukchi and western Beaufort Seas in August- 

 September 1977 6 



4. Length-frequency distribution of twohorn sculpins caught in the northeastern Chukchi and western Beaufort Seas in August- 

 September 1977 6 



Tables 



1. Station locations of 35 tows from the northeastern Chukchi and western Beaufort Seas during August-September 1976 and 

 1977 3 



2. Fishes caught in waters 40 m and deeper in the northeastern Chukchi and western Beaufort Seas during August-September 1976 

 and 1977 3 



3 . Fishes recorded from the northeastern Chukchi and Beaufort Seas in this and previous studies 4 



4. Mean and range of fork length at various ages for Arctic cod in this and other studies 5 



5. Foods from stomachs of 157 Arctic cod collected in offshore waters of the northeastern Chukchi and western Beaufort Seas 

 during August-September 1977 5 



6. Summary of data collected on shrimps caught in the northeastern Chukchi and western Beaufort Seas during August-September 

 1977 8 



