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Volume 99 
Number 2 
April 2001 
Fishery 
Bulletin 
Contents 
The conclusions and opinions expressed 
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Articles 
219-239 Baumgartner, Mark F., Keith D. Mullin, L. Nelson May, 
and Thomas D„ Leming 
Cetacean habitats in the northern Gulf of Mexico 
240-246 Bjorndal, Karen A., Alan B. Bolten, Bruce Koike, 
Barbara A. Schroeder, Donna J. Shaver, Wendy G. Teas, 
and Wayne N. Witzell 
Somatic growth function for immature loggerhead sea turtles, 
Caretta caretta, in southeastern U.S. waters 
247-253 Bulllimore, Blaise A., Philip B. Newman, Michel J. Kaiser, 
Susanne E. Gilbert, and Kate M. Lock 
A study of catches in a fleet of "ghost-fishing" pots 
254-265 Burton, Michael L. 
Age, growth, and mortality of gray snapper, Lutjanus griseus, 
from the east coast of Florida 
266-274 Carrasson, Maite, and Jesus MataSlanas 
Feeding ecology of the Mediterranean spiderfish, 
Bathypterois mecliterraneus (Pisces: Chlorophthalmidae), 
on the western Mediterranean slope 
275-291 Choi, Jung HL, and Sung Y. Hong 
Larval development of the kishi velvet shrimp, Metapenaeopsis dalei 
(Rathbun) (Decapoda: Penaeidae), reared in the laboratory 
292-302 Hobson, Edmund 5., James R. Chess, and 
Daniel F. Howard 
Interannual variation in predation on first-year Sebastes spp. 
by three northern California predators 
303-308 Hooker, Sascha K., Robin W. Baird, Sa'ad Al-Omari, 
Shannon Gowans, and HaS Whitehead 
Behavioral reactions of northern bottlenose whales ( Hyperoodon 
ampullatus) to biopsy darting and tag attachment procedures 
