Contents of Volume 16, Number 1

Allan W. Stoner, Nikhil Mehta and Thomas N. Lee
Recruitment of Strombus veligers to the Florida Keys reef tract: Relation to hydrographic events, pp. 1-6

Allan W. Stoner and Megan Davis
Abundance and distribution of queen conch veligers (Strombus gigas Linne) in the central Bahamas: I. Horizontal patterns in relation to reproductive and nursery grounds, pp. 7-18

Allan W. Stoner and Megan Davis
Abundance and distribution of queen conch veligers (Strombus gigas Linne) in the central Bahamas: II. Vertical patterns in nearshore and deep-water habitats, pp. 19-29

Nilnaj Chaitanawisuti and Anutr Kritsanapuntu
Laboratory spawning and juvenile rearing of the marine gastropod: Spotted Babylon, Babylonia areolata Link 1807 (Neogastropoda: Buccinidae), in Thailand, pp. 31-37

Shihuan Kuang, Jianguang Fang, Huiling Sun and Feng Li
Seasonal studies of filtration rate and absorption efficiency in the scallop Chlamys farreri, pp. 39-45

Y. T. Lu and N. J. Blake
Clearance and ingestion rates of Isochrysis galbana by larval and juvenile bay scallops, Argopecten irradians concentricus (Say), pp. 47-54

Sandra G. Blake, Norman J. Blake, Michael J. Oesterling and John E. Graves
Genetic divergence and loss of diversity in two cultured populations of the bay scallop, Argopecten irradians (Lamarck, 1819), pp. 55-58

Mario L. Lasta and Oscar O. Iribarne
Southwestern Atlantic scallop (Zygochlamys patagonica) fishery: Assessment of gear efficiency through a depletion experiment, pp. 59-62

M. C. L Dredge
Survival of saucer scallops, Amusium japonicum balloti, as a function of exposure time, pp. 63-66

P. Monsalvo-Spencer, A. N. Maeda-Martinez and T. Reynoso-Granados
Reproductive maturity and spawning induction in the catarina scallop Argopecten ventricosus (=circularis) (Sowerby II,1842), pp. 67-70

S. Buchanan and R. Babcock
Primary and secondary settlement by the Greenshell mussel Perna canaliculus, pp. 71-76

Alejandro Pirez Camacho, Antonio Villalba, Ricardo Beiras and Uxio Labarta
Absorption efficiency and condition of cultured mussels (Mytilus edulis galloprovincialis Linnaeus) of Galicia (NW Spain) infected by parasites Marteilia refringens Grizel et al. and Mytilicola intestinalis Steuer, pp. 77-82

Jorge Caceres-Martinez and Antonio Figueras
Mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck) settlement in the Ria de Vigo (NW Spain) during a tidal cycle, pp. 83-85

Ximing Guo and Standish K. Allen, Jr.
Fluorescence in situ hybridization of vertebrate telomere sequence to chromosome ends of the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas Thunberg, pp. 87-89

A. G. Jeffs, S. H. Hooker and R. G. Creese
Annual pattern of settlement in populations of Chilean oysters Tiostrea chilensis (Philippi, 1845) from northern New Zealand, pp. 91-95

Joseph J. Taylor, Robert A. Rose and Paul C. Southgate
Byssus production in six age classes of the silver-lip pearl oyster, Pinctada maxima (Jameson), pp. 97-101

Pedro Saucedo and Mario Monteforte
Breeding cycle of pearl oysters Pinctada mazatlanica and Pteria sterna (Bivalvia: Pteriidae) at Bahia de La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, pp. 103-110

Cal Baier-Anderson and Robert S. Anderson
The effect of pentachlorophenol on pyridine nucleotide production in oyster hemocytes: NADPH and immunomodulation, pp. 111-114

John F. Christmas, Margaret R. McGinty, Douglas A. Randle, Gary F. Smith and Stephen J. Jordan
Oyster shell disarticulation in three Chesapeake Bay tributaries, pp. 115-123

Patrick Baker
Settlement site selection by oyster larvae, Crassostrea virginica: Evidence for geotaxis, pp. 125-128

Safeyeh Behzadi, Kazem Parivar and Paymon Roustaian
Gonadal cycle of pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata (Gould) in northeast Persian Gulf, Iran, pp. 129-135

Jens Knauer and Paul C. Southgate
Evaluation of microencapsulated squid oil as a substitute for live microalgae fed to Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) spat, pp. 137-141

Sean J. Handley
Optimising subtidal oyster production, Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand: Spionid polychaete infestations, water depth and spat stunting, pp. 143-150

Dorset H. Hurley, Randal L. Walker and Francis X. O'Beirn
Growth and survival of Spisula solidissima similis larvae fed different rations of Tahitian strain Isochrysis species, pp. 151-155

Francis X. O'Beirn, Randal L. Walker, Dorset H. Hurley and Deborah A. Moroney
Culture of surfclams Spisula solidissima sp., in coastal Georgia: Nursery culture, pp. 157-160

Christopher V. Davis, Kevin C. Scully and Sandra E. Shurnway
Juvenile and yearling growth of Atlantic surfclams Spisula solidissima (Dillwyn, 1817) in Maine, pp. 161-168

Marketta Pekkarinen and Ilmari Valovirta
Histochernical and x-ray studies on tissue concretions and shells of Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus), pp. 169-177

Larry C. Boles and Romuald N. Lipcius
Potential for population regulation of the zebra mussel by finfish and the blue crab in North American estuaries, pp. 179-186

Alexander Y. Karatayev, Lyubov E. Burlakova and Dianna K. Padilla
The effects of Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas) invasion on aquatic communities in eastern Europe, pp. 187-203

Jie Zheng, Margaret C. Murphy and Gordon H. Kruse
Alternative rebuilding strategies for the Red King Crab, Paralithodes camtschaticus fishery in Bristol Bay, Alaska, pp. 205-217

Caleb Gardner
Options for humanely immobilizing and killing crabs, pp. 219-224

Jo Ann K. Lund, Harold J. Barnett, Christine L. Hatfield, Erich J. Gauglitz, Jr., John C. Wekell and Barbara Rasco
Domoic acid uptake and depuration in Dungeness crab (Cancer magister Dana 1852), pp. 225-231

James R. Rosowski, Denton Belk, Mark A.Gouthro and Kit W. Lee
Ultrastructure of the cyst shell and underlying membranes of the brine shrimp Artemia franciscana Kellogg (Anostraca) during postencystic development, emergence, and hatching, pp. 233-249

Abstracts of technical papers presented at the First Meeting of the International Conference on Shellfish Restoration, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, November 20-23,1996, pp. 251-278

Abstracts of technical papers presented at the 17th Annual Aquaculture Seminar, Milford, Connecticut, February 24-26,1997, pp. 279-297

Abstracts of technical papers presented at the 89th Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, April 20-24,1997, pp. 299-358

Erratum, pp. 359

Reviewer Acknowledgment, pp. 361