DECEMBER 1997

Contents of Volume 16, Number 2

Dong Zhang, Junda Lin and R. Leroy Creswell
Effect of eyestalk ablation on molt cycle and reproduction in the banded coral shrimp, Stenopus hispidus (Oliver), pp. 363-366

Dong Zhang, Junda Lin and R. Leroy Creswell
Larviculture and effect of food on larval survival and development in golden coral shrimp Stenopus scutellatus, pp. 367-369

Miriam Fernandez and Juan Carlos Castilla
The Chilean artisanal stone crab (Homalaspis plana) fishery: catch trends in open access zones and the effect of management areas in central Chile, pp. 371-377

A. J. Paul and J. M. Paul
Breeding success of large male red king crab Paralithodes camtschaticus with multiparous mates, pp. 379-381

M. J. Tremblay and M. D. Eagles
Molt timing and growth of the lobster, Homarus americanus, off northeastern Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, pp. 383-394

James O. Harris, Greg B. Maguire, Stephen J. Edwards and Stephen M. Hindrum
Effect of nitrite on growth and oxygen consumption for juvenile greenlip abalone, Haliotis laevigata Donovan, pp. 395-401

Carolyn S. Friedman, Marilyn Thomson, Calvin Chun, Peter L. Haaker and Ronald P. Hedrick
Withering syndrome of the black abalone, Haliotis cracherodii (Leach): Water temperature, food availability, and parasites as possible causes, pp. 403-411

Gregory P. Dietl and Richard R. Alexander
Predator-prey interactions between the naticids Euspira heros Say and Neverita duplicata Say and the Atlantic surfclam Spisula solidissima Dillwyn from Long Island to Delaware, pp. 413-422

Melody Ray-Culp, Megan Davis and Allan W. Stoner
The micropredators of settling and newly settled queen conch (Strombus gigas Linnaeus), pp. 423-428

N. Chaitanawisuti and A. Kritsanapuntu
Effects of stocking density and substrate presence on growth and survival of juvenile spotted babylon, Babylonia areolata Lmk 1807 (Neogastropoda: Buccinidae), pp. 429-433

Shelley A. Burton, Allan L. MacKenzie, T. Jeffrey Davidson and Neil MacNair
Evaluation of a glucose oxidase/peroxidase method for indirect measurement of glycogen content in marine mussels (Mytilus edulis), pp. 435-439

Carlos Saavedra
Low effective sizes in hatchery populations of the European oyster (Ostrea edulis): Implications for the management of genetic resources, pp. 441-446

Jens Knauer and Paul C. Southgate
Growth and fatty acid composition of Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) spat fed a microalga and microcapsules containing varying amounts of eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acid, pp. 447-453

M. J. Almeida, J. Machado and J. Coimbra
Growth and biochemical composition of Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg) at three fishfarm earthen ponds, pp. 455-462

Greg Shatkin, Sandra E. Shumway and Robert Hawes
Considerations regarding the possible introduction of the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) to the Gulf of Maine: A review of global experience, pp. 463-477

David Bushek, Standish K. Allen, Jr., Kathryn A. Alcox, Richard G. Gustafson and Susan E. Ford
Response of Crassostrea virginica to in vitro cultured Perkinsus marinus: Preliminary comparisons of three inoculation methods, pp. 479-485

Ally A. Shamseldin, James S. Clegg, Carolyn S. Friedman, Gary N. Cherr and Murali C. Pillai
Induced thermotolerance in the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, pp. 487-491

L. Connell, K. A. Welling and R. A. Cattolico
Algal organic metabolites affect survival of Pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas, larvae, pp. 493-501

B. R. Dumbauld, D. A. Armstrong and J. Skalski
Efficacy of the pesticide carbaryl for thalassinid shrimp control in Washington state oyster (Crassostrea gigas, Thunberg, 1793) aquaculture, pp. 503-518

Susan E. Ford, Roxanna Smolowitz, Lisa M. Ragone Calvo, Robert D. Barber and John N. Kraueter
Evidence that QPX (quahog parasite unknown) is not present in hatchery-produced hard clam seed, pp. 519-521

Angela M. Grice and Johann D. Bell
Enhanced growth of the giant clam, Tridacna derasa (Roding, 1798), can be maintained by reducing the frequency of ammonium supplements, pp. 523-525

Paulo Ricardo Pezzuto and Carlos Alberto Borzone
The scallop Pecten ziczac (Linnaeus, 1758) fishery in Brazil, pp. 527-532

B. M. Wolf and R. W. G. White
Movements and habitat use of the queen scallop, Equichlamys bifrons, in the D'entrecasteaux Channel and Huon River estuary, Tasmania, pp. 533-539

Ami E. Wilbur, Elizabeth A. Orbacz, Jeffrey R. Wakefield and Patrick M. Gaffney
Mitochondrial genotype variation in a Siberian population of the Japanese scallop, Patinopecten yessoensis (Jay), pp. 541-545

B. Gjetvaj, R. M. Ball, S. Burbridge, C. J. Bird, E. Kenchington and E. Zouros
Amounts of polymorphism at microsatellite loci in the sea scallop Placopecten magellanicus, pp. 547-553

David Mills
Evaluation of histological cassettes as holding containers for individual spat, and a weekly handling protocol to assess growth of the silver-lip pearl oyster, Pinctada maxima (Jameson), pp. 555-559

Paul C. Southgate and Andrew C. Beer
Hatchery and early nursery culture of the blacklip pearl oyster (Pinctada margaritifera L.), pp. 561-567

Joseph J. Taylor, Robert A. Rose and Paul S. Southgate
Effects of stocking density on the growth and survival of juvenile silver-lip pearl oysters (Pinctada maxima, Jameson) in suspended and bottom culture, pp. 569-572

David Mills, Amelle Tlili and John Norton
Large-scale anesthesia of the silver-lip pearl oyster, Pinctada maxima Jameson, pp. 573-574

Erratum, p. 575