Contents of Volume 10, Number 1

In memoriam - Warren f. Rathjen, pp. i-iv

Andy R. Beaumont and Jennifer E. Fairbrother
Ploidy manipulation in molluscan shellfish: A review, pp. 1-18

Standish K. Allen, Jr. and Sandra L. Downing
Consumers and "experts" alike prefer the taste of sterile triploid over gravid diploid Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas Thunberg, 1793), pp. 19-22

Kim Prochazka and Charles L. Griffiths
Factors affecting the shelf life of live cultured mussels, pp. 23-28

Hans Ulrik Riisgard
Filtration rate and growth in the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis Linneaus, 1758): Dependence on algal concentrations, pp. 29-35

Michel Salaun, Jean Boucher and Marcel Le Pennec
Prodissoconch shell characteristics as indicators of larval growth and viability in Pecten maximus (Linneaus, 1758), pp. 37-46

Matthias Wolff and Jorge Garrido
Comparative study on growth and survival of two colour morphs of the Chilean scallop (Argopecten purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819)) in suspended culture, pp. 47-53

John W. Crenshaw, Jr., Peter B. Heffernan and Randal L. Walker
Heritability of growth rate in the southern bay scallop (Argopecten irradians concentricus (Say, 1822)), pp. 55-63

C. L. Goodwin and B. C. Pease
Geoduck (Panopea abrupta (Conrad, 1849)), size, density, and quality as related to various environmental parameters in Puget Sound, Washington, pp. 65-77

Lowell W. Fritz
Seasonal condition cliange, morphometrics, growth and sex ration of ocean quahog, Arctica islandica (Linneaus, 1767) off New Jersey, USA, pp. 79-88

A. J. Figueras, C. F. Jardon and J. R. Caldas
Diseases and parasites of mussels (Mytilus edulis, Linneaus, 1758) from two sites on the east coast of the United States, pp. 89-94

Michael P. Crosby, Cynthia F. Roberts and Paul D. Kenny
Effects of immersion time and tidal position on in situ growth rates of naturally settled eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791)), pp. 95-103

Stephen H. Jones, Thomas L. Howell and Kathleen O'Neill
Differential elimination of indicator bacteria and pathogenic Vibrio, sp. from eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791)) in a commercial controlled purification facility in Maine, pp. 105-112

K. Haya, J. L. Martin, L. E. Burridge, B. A. Waiwood and D. J. Wildish
Domoic acid in shellfish and plankton from the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada, pp. 113-118

Douglas W. Price, Kenneth W. Kizer and Kenneth H. Hansgen
California's paralytic shellfish poisoning prevention program, 1927-1989, pp. 119-145

Renee Mercaldo-Allen
Changes in the blood chemistry of the American lobster (Homarus americanus, H. Milne Edwards, 1837), over the molt cycle, pp. 147-156

J. M. Paul, A. J. Paul, R. Otto and R. Macintosh
Spermatophore presence in relation to carapace length for eastern Bering Sea blue king-crab (Paralithodes platypus, Brandt, 1850) and red king-crab (P. camtschaticus, (Tilesius, 1815)), pp. 157-163

D. M. Taylor and W. G. Warren
Male snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio (Fabricius, 1788)), weight-width relationships: An exercise in multi-source regression, pp. 165-168

Louis R. D'Abramo and Daniel J. Niquette
Seine harvesting and feeding of formulated feeds as new management practices for pond culture of red swamp crawfish (Procambarus clarkii (Girard, 1852)) and white river crawfish, (P. acutus acutus (Girard, 1852)), pp. 169-177

Daniel J. Niquette and Louis R. D'Abramo
Population dynamics of red swamp crawfish (Procambarus clarkii (Girard, 1852)) and white river crawfish (P. acutus acutus (Girard, 1852)) cultured in earthen ponds, pp. 179-186

Jay V. Huner, Paula Henttonen and Ossi V. Lindqvist
Observations on noble crayfish, Astacus astacus, (Decapoda, Astacidae), populations in central Finland - management implications, pp. 187-193

Jay V. Huner, Paula Henttonen and Ossi V. Lindqvist
Length-length and length-weight characterizations of noble crayfish, Astacus astacus L. (Decapoda, Astacidae), from central Finland, pp. 195-196

Proceedings of the special symposium: Reproductive biology of molluscs, presented at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association, Williamsburg, Virginia April 1-5, 1990, pp. 197-228

Peter B. Heffernan, Randal L. Walker and John W. Crenshaw, Jr.
Negative larval response to selection for increased growth rate in northern quahogs (Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758)), pp. 199-202

Richard F. Lee and Peter B. Heffernan
Lipids and proteins in eggs of eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791)) and northern quahogs (Mercenaria mercenaria (Linneaus, 1758)), pp. 203-206

M. Paige Adams, Randal L. Walker, Peter B. Heffernan and Robert E. Reinart
Eliminating spat settlement in oysters cultured in coastal Georgia: A feasibility study, pp. 207-213

Pournima A. Kadam, Arjun L. Kadam, Sheldon J. Segal and S. S. Koide
Functional serotonin receptor sites on Atlantic surfclam (Spisula solidissima (Dillwyn, 1817)) oocytes and sperm, pp. 215-219

Anne C. Schmitzer, William D. DuPaul and James E. Kirkley
Gametogenic cycle of sea scallops (Placopecten magellanicus (Gmelin 1791)) in the mid-Atlantic Bight, pp. 221-228

Abstracts of Technical Papers Presented at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Oyster Growers Association and National Shellfisheries Association (Pacific Coast Section), Portland, Oregon, September 27-29, 1990, pp. 229-242

Abstracts of Technical Papers Presented at the International Zebra Mussel Research Conference, Columbus, Ohio, December 5-7, 1990, pp. 243-260

Abstracts of Technical Papers Presented at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association, Portland, Maine, June 23-27 1991, pp. 261-311