Annotated Bibliography on the Biology 

 of the Menhadens, Genus Brevoortia, 



1963-1973 



JOHN W. REINTJES and PEGGY M. KENEY' 



ABSTRACT 



A bibliography that consists of 444 references on the classification, distribution, abun- 

 dance, life history, and ecology of American menhadens, genus Brevoortia. Included are 

 references to menhaden published from 1963 through 1973 with those references published prior 

 to 1963 that were omitted from menhaden bibliographies by Reintjes et al. (1960) and Reintjes 

 (1964a). Brief annotations and a subject index are included. 



INTRODUCTION 



This bibliography is a continuation of those 

 compiled by Reintjes et al. (1960) on the biology of the 

 American menhadens and by Reintjes (1964a) on the 

 menhadenlike fishes of the world. The literature in- 

 cluded in this work includes the references published 

 from 1963 through 1973 with those references publish- 

 ed before 1963 that were omitted from the two 

 bibliographies mentioned. 



In reviewing the literature certain subject areas 

 were used to decide which references should be listed. 

 Included, in general, were references to taxonomy, 

 distribution, occurrence, abundance, life history, 

 morphology, ecology, and behavior. Excluded, 

 generally, were references on the technological aspects 

 of the fishery and the processing industry; daily, 

 monthly, and annual landing reports and statistics; 

 popular accounts in trade journals, newspapers, and 

 magazines; and administrative and project reports. 

 Mimeographed or similarly processed reports of an es- 

 tablished series and special reports principally con- 



cerned with the biology of menhaden have been in- 

 cluded as well as doctoral dissertations and master's 

 theses that contained information on menhaden 

 biology. 



Arrangement of the references is alphabetical by 

 author's surname. With multiple authors, the entry is 

 made only under the senior author's name. Each 

 author's works are listed chronologically by year of 

 publication and those published in the same year are 

 given alphabetical sequence by title. Anonymous ar- 

 ticles are listed by the name of the journal or the 

 originating agency. 



Brief annotations of the contents of the publications 

 that apply to menhaden and the scientific names of 

 the species of Brevoortia concerned are given. This 

 annotation is not done to make value judgments of the 

 papers but to give clearer descriptions of the contents 

 than can be obtained from their titles. 



We acknowledge the help we received from Ann B. 

 Hall, librarian, and the menhaden research staff of 

 the Atlantic Estuarine Fisheries Center. 



'Atlantic Estuarine Fisheries Center, National Marine Fisheries 

 Service, NOAA, Beaufort, NC 28516. 



