June 1996

Contents of Volume 15, Number 2

IN MEMORIAM
R. Tucker Abbott (1919-1995), pp. 185-190

C. E. Carver, A. L. Ballet, R. Warnock and D. Douglas
Red-coloured digestive glands in cultured mussels and scallops: the implication of Mesodinium rubrum, pp. 191-201

Jan H. Landsberg
Neoplasia and biotoxins in bivalves: Is there a connection?, pp. 203-230

John C. Wekell, Roseanne M. Lorenzana, Mara Hogan and Harold Barnett
Survey of paralytic shellfish poison and domoic acid in Puget Sound predatory gastropods, pp. 231-236

Wayne A. O'Connor and Michael P. Heasman
Temporal patterns of reproductive condition in the doughboy scallop, Chlamys (Mimachlamys) asperrima Lamarck, in Jervis Bay, Australia, pp. 237-244

G. Martinez, C. Garrote, L. Mettifogo, H. Perez and E. Uribe
Monoamines and prostaglandin E, as inducers of the spawning of the scallop, Argopecten purpuratus Lamarck, pp. 245-249

Joan L. Manuel, Susan Burbridge, Ellen L. Kenchington, Martin Ball and Ronald K. O'Dor
Veligers from two populations of scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) exhibit different vertical distributions in the same mesocosm, pp. 251-257

Peter Coutteau, John D. Castell, Robert G. Ackman and Patrick Sorgeloos
The use of lipid emulsions as carriers for essential fatty acids in bivalves: a test case with juvenile Placopecten magellanicus, pp. 259-264

Mohsin U. Patwary, Michael Reith and Ellen L. Kenchington
Isolation and characterization of cDNA encoding an actin gene from sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus), pp. 265-270

Robert B. Rheault and Michael A. Rice
Food-limited growth and condition index in the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791), and the bay scallop, Argopecten irradians irradians (Lamarck, 1819), pp. 271-283

Bruce J. Barber
Gametogenesis of eastern oysters, Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791) and Pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas (Thimberg, 1793) in disease endemic lower Chesapeake Bay, pp. 285-290

Gregory A. DeBrosse and Standish K. Allen, Jr.
The suitability of land-based evaluations of Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793) as an indicator of performance in the field, pp. 291-295

Federico Garcia-Dominguez, Bertha Patricia Ceballos-Vasquez and Arturo Tripp Quezada
Spawning cycle of the pearl oyster, Pinctada mazatlanica (Hanley, 1856), (Pteriidae) at Isla Espiritu Santo, Baja California Sur, Mexico, pp. 297-303

A. G. Jeffs and R. G. Creese
Overview and bibliography of research on the Chilean oyster Tiostrea chilensis (Philippi, 1845) from New Zealand waters, pp. 305-311

Francis X. O'Beirn, Randal L. Walker and Peter B. Heffernan
Enhancement of subtidal eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791), recruitment using mesh bag enclosures, pp. 313-318

Mijin Lee, Gordon T. Taylor, V. Monica Brice1j, Susan E. Ford and Steve Zahn
Evaluation of Vibrio spp. and microplankton blooms as causative agents of juvenile oyster disease in Crassostrea virginica (Grnelin, 1791), pp. 319-329

Malcolm Haddon, Trevor J. Willis, Robert G. Wear and Victor C. Anderlini
Biomass and distribution of five species of surfclam off an exposed west coast North Island beach, New Zealand, pp. 331-339

John W. Crenshaw, Jr., Peter B. Heffernan and Randal L. Walker
Effect of growout density on heritability of growth rate in the northern quahog, Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758), pp. 341-344

Shelley A. Burton, Gerald R. Johnson and T. Jeffrey Davidson
Cytologic sexing of marine mussels (Mytilus edulis), pp. 345-347

M. Jose Fernandez-Reiriz, Uxio Labarta and Jose M. F. Babarro
Comparative allometries in growth and chemical composition of mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis, (Lamarck) cultured in two zones in the Ria Sada (Galicia, NW Spain), pp. 349-353

Masahiro Nakaoka
Size-dependent survivorship of the bivalve Yoldia notabilis (Yokoyama, 1920): the effect of crab predation, pp. 355-362

A. Figueras, J. A. F. Robledo and B. Novoa
Brown ring disease and parasites in clams (Ruditapes decussatus and R. philippinarum) from Spain and Portugal, pp. 363-368

C. Riquelme, G. Hayashida, R. Araya, A. Uchida, M. Satomi and Y. Ishida
Isolation of a native bacterial strain from the scallop Argopecten purpuratus with inhibitory effects against pathogenic vibrios, pp. 369-374

Fu-Lin E. Chu, Aswani K. Volety and Gegorgeta Constantin
A comparison of Crassostrea gigas and C. virginica: effects of temperature and salinity on susceptibility to the protozoan parasite, Perkinsus marinus, pp. 375-380

Gustavo W. Calvo, Robbie J. Fagan, Kelly N. Greenhawk, Gary F. Smith and Stephen J. Jordan
Spatial distribution and intensity of Perkinsus marinus infections in oyster recovery areas in Maryland, pp. 381-389

Thomas C. Cheng and John J. Manzi
Correlation between the presence of lathyrose with the absence of Haplosporidium nelsoni in Crassostrea virginica from two South Carolina tributaries where Perkinsus marinus also inhibits hemocyte agglutination by the Lathyrus odoratus lectin, pp. 391-394

Adriana I. Zabaleta and Bruce J. Barber
Prevalence, intensity, and detection of Bonamia ostreae in Ostrea edulis L. in the Damariscotta River area, Maine, pp. 395-400

Islay D. Marsden and Paul M. J. Williams
Factors affecting the grazing rate of the New Zealand abalone Haliotis iris Martyn, pp. 401-406

Allan W. Stoner, Robert A. Glazer and Peter J. Barile
Larval supply to queen conch nurseries: relationships with recruitment process and population size in Florida and the Bahamas, pp. 407-420

Volker Koch and Matthias Wolff
The mangrove snail Thais kiosquiformis Duclos: a case of life history adaptation to an extreme environment, pp. 421-432

P. B. Brown, M. R. White, J. Chaille, M. Russell and C. Oseto
Evaluation of three anesthetic agents for crayfish (Orconectes virilis), pp. 433-435

Jean-Marie Sevigny and Bernard Sainte-Marie
Electrophoretic data support the last-male sperm precedence hypothesis in the snow crab, Chionoecetes opilio (Brachyura: Majidae), pp. 437-440

J. Stephen Hopkins, Paul A. Sandifer, Craig L. Browdy and John D. Holloway
Comparison of exchange and no-exchange water management strategies for the intensive pond culture of marine shrimp, pp. 441-445

Abstracts of technical papers presented at the 16th Annual Aquaculture Seminar, Milford, Connecticut,
February 26-28, 1996, pp. 447-464

Abstracts of technical papers presented at the 88th Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association, April 14-18, 1996, Baltimore, Maryland, pp. 465-532