Mazyck, W. St. J. 



1887. Dead fish along the coast of South Carolina. Bulletin of the 

 U.S. Fish Commission for 1886, vol. 6, p. 413-414. 



Mass mortality of young menhaden in late December of 

 unknown causes. 



Mead, A. D. 



1898. Peridinium and the "red water" in Narragansett Bay. Science, 

 vol. 8, no. 203, p. 707-709. 



Atlantic menhaden, J3. tyr annus , among the principal fish 

 killed . 



Meldrim, John W. 



1971. An experimental study of the behavior of estuarine fishes to 

 a proposed thermal effluent. Proceeding of the Fourth Mid- 

 Atlantic Industrial Waste Conference, November, 1970, Uni- 

 versity of Delaware, p. 65-74. 



Ti. tyr annus among estuarine fishes tested in the laboratory 

 for avoidance responses to increased temperature gradients. 



Meldrim, John W. , and James J. Gift. 



1971. Temperature preference, avoidance and shock experiments with 

 estuarine fishes. Ichthyological Associates, Ithaca, New York, 

 Bulletin 7, 72 p. 



B^. tyr annus prefer temperature at 70°F and avoid 

 temperatures from 78-80°F. 



Merchant, George, Jr. 



1884. The incipiency of night-seining for mackerel. Bulletin of the 

 U.S. Fish Commission, vol. 4, p. 142. 



Seining menhaden at night. 



Merriner, J. V., and W. L. Wilson. 



1972. Jaw deformity (cross bite) of Atlantic menhaden, B_. tyr annus , 

 from Virginia. Chesapeake Science, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 62-63. 



One B_. tyr annus with deformed jaw was caught in James River 

 with river herring, American shad and Bay anchovy. 



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