Annotated Bibliography and Subject Index on 

 the Summer Flounder, Paralichthys dentatus 



PAUL G. SCARLETT 1 



ABSTRACT 



An annotated bibliography and subject index for 114 references are presented on the identity, distribution, life 

 history, ecology, behavior, exploitation, and population dynamics of the summer flounder, Paralichthys dentatus. 



INTRODUCTION 



This bibliography consists of 114 references on the distribu- 

 tion, life history, ecology, behavior, and exploitation of the sum- 

 mer flounder, Paralichthys dentatus (Linneaus). Only those 

 references that exclusively pertain to, supply important facts 

 about (i.e., identifies limits of range), or contain a large section 

 on summer flounder have been included. Popular articles have 

 purposely been omitted. 



References are listed alphabetically by author's surname. 

 Those with multiple authors are listed only under the senior 

 author's name. All works by the same author are listed 

 chronologically by year of publication. 



Brief annotations of the contents of each publication are 

 given. The annotations are not intended to be value judgments, 

 but are included to provide clearer descriptions of the contents 



of each publication than can be obtained from their titles. 

 Where possible, the abstract of a publication was used as a guide 

 to provide an annotation. Headings for the subject index are 

 based on the outline provided by Rosa (1965 2 ). 



The search for literature on summer flounder was undertaken 

 during the course of preparing a fishery management plan under 

 the State/Federal Fisheries Management Program. Many of the 

 references listed in the bibliography were provided by members 

 of the Summer Flounder Scientific and Statistical Committee, 

 notably Arnold Howe, Michael Fogarty, George Maltezos, John 

 Poole, Stuart Wilk, Paul Hamer, Ronal Smith, James Casey, 

 John Musick and John Gillikin. I also wish to thank the typist, 

 Peggy Reno. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 



ANDERSON, V. T., Jr. 



1978. Reversed summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus 

 L.) from the Middle Atlantic Bight. Bull. N.J. Acad. 

 Sci. 23(1):39-41. 



Dextral summer flounder are described for the first 

 time with a fully migrated left eye and normal dorsal 

 fin origin. Morphometry and meristics are given for 

 four specimens. 



BEDSOLE. H. L.. Jr.. B. F. HOLLAND. Jr.. and J. W. 

 GILLIKIN. 



1980. State of North Carolina R/V Dan Moore — cruise 

 report no. 38. N.C. Div. Mar. Fish., 17 p. 



A description of the distribution of summer flounder 

 in the Atlantic Ocean between Cape Lookout, N.C, 

 and Chesapeake Bay entrance is included. Mesh size 

 regulations for the offshore trawl fishery are also 

 discussed. 



BIGELOW, H. B., and W. C. SCHROEDER. 



1953. Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. U.S. Fish Wildl. 

 Serv., Fish. Bull. 53, 557 p. 



Includes a description, size range, seasonal 

 movements, food habits, and range of summer 

 flounder. 



BOWMAN, R. E., R. O. MAURER, Jr., and J. A. MURPHY. 



1976. Stomach contents of twenty-nine fish species from 



five regions in the northwest Atlantic — Data report. 



Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Cent. Woods 



Hole Lab., Lab. Ref. 76-10, 37 p. 



Results of food habits studies showed that Pleuro- 

 nectiformes occurred in the stomachs of a number of 

 fish eating species. These data do not indicate the pro- 

 portion of summer flounder among the flatfish prey, 

 but they may be represented. 



Nacote Creek Marine Fisheries Laboratory, New Jersey Division of Fish, Game 

 and Wildlife, Star Route, Absecon, NJ 08201. 



-Rosa, H. Jr. 1965. Preparation of synopses on the biology of species of liv- 

 ing aquatic organisms. FAO Fisheries Biology Synopsis No. 1, Revision 1, 30 p. 



