Contents of Volume 19, Number 2

Kathleen M. Castro and Thomas E. Angell
Prevalence and progression of shell disease in American lobster, Homarus americanus, from Rhode Island waters and the offshore canyons, pp. 691-700

Fernando Luis Medina Mantelatto and Adilson Fransozo
Brachyuran community in Ubatuba Bay, northern coast of Sao Paulo State, Brazil, pp. 701-709

Enrique M. Dupre
Laboratory observations on the reproductive and molt cycles of the Robinson Crusoe Island lobster Jasus frontalis (Milne-Edwards, 1836), pp. 711-716

Lixin Wu, Shuanglin Dong, Fang Wang, and Xiangli Tian
Compensatory growth response following periods of starvation in Chinese shrimp, Penaeus chinensis Osbeck, pp. 717-722

Teena F. Middleton, Peter R. Ferket, Harry V. Daniels, Leon C. Boyd, Larry F. Stikeleather, and Robert J. Hines
The use of poultry mortalities as an alternative bait for the harvesting of blue crabs Callinectes sapidus (Rathbun, 1885), pp. 723-729

Cathy M. Dichmont, Mike C.L. Dredge, and Kate Yeomans
The first large-scale fishery-independent survey of the saucer scallop, Amusium japonicum balloti in Queensland, Australia, pp. 731-739

Tore Strohmeier, Arne Duinker, and Oyvind Lie
Seasonal variations in chemical composition of the female gonad and storage organs in Pecten maximus (L.) suggesting that somatic and reproductive growth are separated in time, pp. 741-747

Marcelo Aguilar and Wolfgang B. Stotz
Settlement sites of juvenile scallops Argopecten purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) in the subtidal zone at Puerto Aldea, Tongoy Bay, Chile, pp. 749-755

David B. Rudders, William D. DuPaul, and James E. Kirkley
A comparison of size selectivity and relative efficiency of sea scallop, Placopecten magellanicus (Gmelin, 1791), trawls and dredges, pp. 757-764

Alfonso N. Maeda-Martinez, Maria Teresa Sicard, and Teodoro Reynoso-Granados
A shipment method for scallop seed, pp. 765-770

Chang-Keun Kang, Mi Seon Park, Pil-Yong Lee, Woo-Jeung Choi, and Won-Chan Lee
Seasonal variations in condition, reproductive activity, and biochemical composition of the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg), in suspended culture in two coastal bays of Korea, pp. 771-778

Daniel J. McGoldrick, Dennis Hedgecock, Louise J. English, Puttharat Baoprasertkut and Robert D. Ward
The transmission of microsatellite alleles in Australian and North American stocks of the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas): selection and null alleles, pp. 779-788

Zaul Garcia-Esquivel, Marco A. Gonzalez-Gomez, Dahen L. Gomez-Togo, Manuel S. Galindo-Bect, and Martin Hernandez-Ayon
Microgeographic differences in growth, mortality, and biochemical composition of cultured Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) fron San Quintin Bay, Mexico, pp. 789-797

Eva Marie Rodstrom and Per R. Jonsson
Survival and feeding activity of oyster spat (Ostrea edulis L) as a function of temperature and salinity with implications for culture policies on the Swedish west coast, pp. 799-808

Imad G. Saoud, David B. Rouse, Richard K.Wallace, John E. Supan, and Scott Rikard
An in situ study on the survival and growth of Crassostrea virginica juveniles in Bon Secour Bay, Alabama, pp. 809-814

Marcela Pascual
Dwarf males in the puelche oyster (Ostrea puelchana, d'orb): differential mortality or selective settlement?, pp. 815-820

Andrew C. Beer and Paul C. Southgate
Collection of pearl oyster (family Pteriidae) spat at Orpheus Island, Great Barrier Reef (Australia), pp. 821-826

Aswani K. Volety and William S. Fisher
In vitro killing of Perkinsus marinus by hemocytes of oysters Crassostrea virginica, pp. 827-834

Huiping Yang, Tom Gallivan, Ximing Guo, and Standish K. Allen, Jr.
A method for preserving oyster tissue samples for flow cytometry, pp. 835-839

Shelley A. Burton, Allan L. MacKenzie, T. Jeffrey Davidson, and Audrey C. Fraser
Evaluation of a glucose oxidase/peroxidase method for indirect measurement of glycogen content in oysters (Crassostrea virginica), pp. 841-844

Edward J. Jebreen, Regina T. Counihan, Don R. Fielder, and Bernard M. Degnan
Synchronous oogenesis during the semilunar spawning cycle of the tropical abalone Haliotis asinina, pp. 845-851

Gerardo Zuniga, Sergio A. Guzman del Proo, Ramon Cisneros, and Gerardo Rodriguez
Population genetic analysis of the abalone Haliotis fulgens (Mollusca: gastropods) in Baja California, Mexico, pp. 853-859

Kangsen Mai and Beiping Tan
Iron methionine (FEMET) and iron sulfate (FeSO4) as sources of dietary iron for juvenile abalone, Haliotis discus hannai Ino, pp. 861-868

Sergio A. Guzman-del Proo, Felipe Salinas, Oleg Zaytsev, Jorge Belmar-Perez, and Jorge Carrillo-Laguna
Potential dispersion of reproductive products and larval stages of abalone (Haliotis spp.) as a function of the hydrodynamics of Bahia Tortugas, Mexico, pp. 869-881

Megan Davis
The combined effects of temperature and salinity on growth, development, and survival for tropical gastropod veligers of Strombus gigas, pp. 883-889

Alberto de Jesus-Navarrete and Dalila Aldana-Aranda
Distribution and abundance of Strombus gigas veligers at six fishing sites on Banco Chinchorro, Quintana Roo, Mexico, pp. 891-895

Guido Pastorino, Pablo E. Penchaszadeh, Laura Schejter, and Claudia Bremec
Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846) (Mollusca: Muricidae): a new gastropod in South Atlantic waters, pp. 897-899

Pablo Penchaszadeh, Florencia Botto, and Oscar Iribarne
Shorebird feeding on stranded giant gastropod egg capsules of Adelomelon brasiliana (Volutidae) in coastal Argentina, pp. 901-904

Jeffrey L. Ram, Carlos Gailardo, C. Rodrigo Merino, Michal L. Ram, and Jorge Navarro
Neural extract induction of egg-laying and subsequent embryological development in hard and soft egg capsules of the marine snail, Chorus giganteus, pp. 905-911

Jesus Emilio Michel-Morfin and Ernesto A. Chavez O
Effect of repetitive dye extraction over yield and survival rate of the purple snail Plicopurpura pansa (Gould, 1853), pp. 913-917

Jesus Emilio Michel-Morfin, Ernesto A. Chavez, and Victor Landa
Population parameters and dye yield of the purple snail Plicopurpura pansa (Gould, 1853) of West Central Mexico, pp. 919-925

Kirsten Ramsay and Christopher A. Richardson
Techniques for assessing repaired shell damage in dog cockles Glycymeris glycymeris L., pp. 927-931

A. Campbell and N. Bourne
Population biology of gaper (horse) clams, Tresus capax and T. nuttallii, in southern British Columbia, Canada, pp. 933-942

Gudrun G. Thorarinsdottir and Sigmar A. Steingrimsson
Size and age at sexual maturity and sex ratio in ocean quahog, Arctica islandica (Linnaeus, 1767), off northwest Iceland, pp. 943-947

Ricardo Jara-Jara, Marcelina Abad, Antonio J. Pazos, Maria Luz Perez-Paralle, and Jose L. Sanchez
Growth and reproductive patterns in Venerupis pullastra seed reared in wastewater effluent from a fish farm in Galicia (N.W. Spain), pp. 949-956

Jonathan H. Grabowski, Sean P. Powers, and Mark Hooper
Balancing tradeoffs between predator protection and associated growth penalties in aquaculture of northern quahogs, Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758): a comparison of two common grow-out methods, pp. 957-962

Shau-Hwai Tan and Zulfigar Yasin
The reproduction cycle of Tridacna squamosa and Tridacna maxima in Rengis Island (Tioman Island), Malaysia, pp. 963-966

G. Sara, C. Romano, M. Caruso, and A. Mazzola
The new Lessepsian entry Brachidontes pharaonis (Fischer P., 1870) (Bivalvia, Mytilidae) in the western Mediterranean: a physiological analysis under varying natural conditions, pp. 967-977

Gab-man Park, Tai-soon Yong, Kyung-il Im, and Ee-yung Chung
Karyotypes of three species of Corbicula (Bivalvia: Veneroida) in Korea, pp. 979-982

William A. Lellis, Timothy A. Plerhoples, and Kimberly A. Lellis
Evaluation of potential anesthetics for the freshwater mussel Elliptio complanata, pp. 983-990

Jenia F. Yanick and Daniel D. Heath
Survival and growth of mussels subsequent to hemolymph sampling for DNA, pp. 991-993

Panos A. Pantazis, Maeve S. Kelly, John G. Connolly, and Kenneth D. Black
Effect of artificial diets on growth, lipid utilization, and gonad biochemistry in the adult sea urchin Psammechinus miliaris, pp. 995-1001

Lucie Maranda, Maureen D. Keller, John W. Hurst, Jr., Laurie L. Bean, Jay D. McGowan, and Paul E. Hargraves
Spatio-temporal distribution of Prorocentrum lima in coastal waters of the Gulf of Maine: a two-year survey, pp. 1003-1006

Nicolaus G. Adams, Mitch Lesoing and Vera L. Trainer
Environmental conditions associated with domoic acid in razor clams on the Washington coast, pp. 1007-1015

Susanne Svensson, Carl Andre, Ann-Sofi Rehnstam-Holm, and Jonas Hansson
A case of consistent spatial differences in content of diarrhetic shellfish toxins (DST) among three bivalve species; Mytilus edulis, Ostrea edulis, and Cerastoderma edule, pp. 1017-1020