Contents of Volume 22, Number 3

J. Evan Ward
Honored Life Member: Melbourne Romaine Carriker, pp. 611 View PDF

John N. Kraeuter and Mark W. Luckenbach
Honored Life Member: Michael Castagna, pp. 615 View PDF

William H. Hargis, Jr.
Honored Life Member: Dexter Stearns Haven, pp. 619 View PDF

C. E. Carver, A. Chisholm, and A. L. Mallet
Strategies to mitigate the impact of Ciona intestinalis (L.) biofouling on shellfish production, pp. 621 View PDF

A. R. LeBlanc, T. Landry, and G. Miron
Fouling organisms of the blue mussel Mytilus edulis: Their effect on nutrient uptake and release, pp. 633 View PDF

Melita Peharda, Alen Soldo, Armin Pallaoro, Sanja Matic, and Perica Cetinic
Age and growth of the Mediterranean scallop Pecten jacobaeus (Linnaeus 1758) in the northern Adriatic Sea, pp. 639 View PDF

Omar Defeo and Nicolas Gutierrez
Geographical patterns in growth estimates of the scallop, Zygochlamys patagonica, with emphasis on Uruguayan waters, pp. 643 View PDF

G. Roman, A. Lauro, and J. P. de la Roche
Intermediate culture of king scallop (Pecten maximus) in suspension in cages: Effect of stocking density and depth, pp. 647 View PDF

Xiaoyu Kong, Ziniu Yu, Yajun Liu, and Linlin Chen
Intraspecific genetic variation in mitochondrial 16S ribosomal gene of zhikong scallop Chlamys farreri, pp. 655 View PDF

Ralph A. Elston, Christopher F. Dungan, Theodore R. Meyers, and Kimberly S. Reece
Perkinsus sp. infection risk for Manila clams, Venerupis philippinarum (A. Adams and Reeve, 1850) on the Pacific coast of North and Central America, pp. 661 View PDF

Ralph A. Elston, Daniel P. Cheney, Brian F. MacDonald, and Andrew D. Suhrbier
Tolerance and response of Manila clams, Venerupis philippinarum (A. Adams and Reeve, 1850) to low salinity, pp. 667 View PDF

Olga L. Aracena, Irene M. Lepez, Javier Sanchez, Angelica M. Carmona, Lucila Medina, and Alejandra Saavedra
On two new macroscopic indexes to evaluate the reproductive cycle of Ensis macha (Molina, 1782), pp. 675 View PDF

Micaela Schnitzler Parker, Peter A. Jumars, and Larry L. LeClair
Population genetics of two bivalve species (Protothaca staminea and Macoma balthica) in Puget Sound, Washington, pp. 681 View PDF

Richard R. Alexander and Robert M. Baron
Shell repair of mechanically induced fractures in Mercenaria mercenaria under experimentally suboptimum conditions, pp. 689 View PDF

Jonathan H. Grabowski, Sean P. Powers, and Mark Hooper
Identification and incorporation of growth and survival bottlenecks in economic models of northern quahog (Hard clam), Mercenaria mercenaria mariculture, pp. 697 View PDF

Melita Peharda, Jaksa Bolotin, Nedo Vrgoc, Nenad Jasprica, Ana Bratos, and Bosko Skaramuca
A study of the Noah's ark shell (Arca noae Linnaeus 1758) in Mali Ston Bay, Adriatic Sea, pp. 705 View PDF

Jorge Caceres-Martinez and Rebeca Vasquez-Yeomans
Presence of giant polymorphic cells in Crassostrea gigas cultured in Bahia Falsa, Baja California, NW Mexico, pp. 711 View PDF

Clothilde Heude Berthelin, Bruno Fievet, Gael Leclerc, Pierre Germain, Kristell Kellner, and Michel Mathieu
In vivo and in vitro approaches to the analysis of glycogen metabolism in the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, pp. 715 View PDF

Jorge Chavez- Villalba, Jean-Claude Cochard, Marcelle Pennec, Jean Barret, Martha Enriquez-Diaz, and Carlos Caceres-Martinez
Effects of temperature and feeding regimes on gametogenesis and larval production in the oyster, Crassostrea gigas, pp. 721 View PDF

Patrick Baker
Two species of oyster larvae show different depth distributions in a shallow, well-mixed estuary, pp. 733 View PDF

M. L. Wintermyer and K. R. Cooper
Dioxin/Furan and polychlorinated biphenyl concentrations in eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica, Gmelin) tissues and the effects of EGG fertilization and development, pp. 737 View PDF

George R. Abbe and Brian W. Albright
An improvement to the determination of meat condition index for the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin 1791), pp. 747 View PDF

Kimberly A. Cressman, Martin H. Posey, Michael A. Mallin, Lynn A. Leonard, and Troy D. Alphin
Effects of oyster reefs on water quality in a tidal creek estuary, pp. 753 View PDF

Isabelle Boutet, Arnaud Tanguy, Michel Auffret, Nedzad Mujdzic, and Dario Moraga
Expression of HSP 70 in experimentally metal-exposed European flat oysters Ostrea edulis, pp. 763 View PDF

John Brake, Ford Evans, and Chris Langdon
Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? Development of a simple method to describe desirable shell shape for the Pacific oyster industry, pp. 767 View PDF

Josiah H. Pit and Paul C. Southgate
Should slow growing pearl oyster (Pinctada margaritifera) Spat ("Runts") be discarded?, pp. 773 View PDF

Takeshi Handa and Ken-ichi Yamamoto
Corrosion casting of the digestive diverticula of the pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata martensi (Mollusca: Bivalvia), pp. 777 View PDF

John A. H. Benzie, Carolyn Smith, and Ketut Sugama
Mitochondrial DNA reveals genetic differentiation between Australian and Indonesian pearl oyster Pinctada maxima (Jameson 1901) populations, pp. 781 View PDF

Alexander Tewfik and Hector M. Guzman
Shallow-water distribution and population characteristics of Strombus gigas and S. costatus (Gastropoda: Strombidae) in Bocas del Toro, Panama, pp. 789 View PDF

Hideki Takami, Daisuke Muraoka, Tomohiko Kawamura, and Yoh Yamashita
When is the abalone Haliotis discus hannai Ino 1953 first able to use brown macroalgae? 795 View PDF

PROCEEDINGS OF WORKSHOP ON REBUILDING TECHNIQUES FOR ABALONE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
Preface, pp. 803 View PDF

Susan M. Bower
Update on emerging abalone diseases and techniques for health assessment, pp. 805 View PDF

A. Campbell, J. Lessard, and G. S. Jamieson
Fecundity and seasonal reproduction of northern abalone,Haliotis kamtschatkana, in Barkley Sound; Canada, pp. 811 View PDF

Bart Defreitas
Estimating juvenile northern abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana) abundance using artificial habitats, pp. 819 View PDF

Thomas B. McCormick and Jennifer L. Brogan
Early reproduction in hatchery-raised white abalone, Haliotis sorenseni, Bartsch, 1940, pp. 825 View PDF

T. Tomascik and H. Holmes
Distribution and abundance of Haliotis kamtschatkana in relation to habitat, competitors and predators in the Broken Group Islands, Pacific Rim National Park Reserve of Canada, pp. 831 View PDF

Ruth E. Withler, Alan Campbell, Shaorong Li, Doug Brouwer, K. Janine Supernault, and Kristina M. Miller
Implications of high levels of genetic diversity and weak population structure for the rebuilding of northern abalone in British Columbia,Canada, pp. 839 View PDF

Status of Stewardship Projects, pp. 849 View PDF

Susan A. Little and Winsor H. Watson, III
Size at maturity of female American lobsters from an estuarine and coastal population, pp. 857 View PDF

Kelly C. Palacios and Steven P. FelTaro
Green crab (Carcinus maenas Linnaeus) consumption rates on and prey preferences among four bivalve prey species, pp. 865 View PDF

Michael Sheppard, Anna Walker, Marc E. Frischer, and Richard F. Lee
Histopathology and prevalence of the parasitic dinoflagellate, Hematodinium sp, in crabs (Cailinectes sapidus, Callinectes similis, Neopanope sayi, Libinia emarginata, Menippe mercenaria) from a Georgia estuary, pp. 873 View PDF

Charles E. Epifanio, Ana I. Dittel, Raymond A. Rodriguez, and Timothy E. Targett
The role of macroalgal beds as nursery habitat for juvenile blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus, pp. 881 View PDF

Celia Vazquez-Boucard, Humberto Mejia-Ruiz, Fernando Zamudio, Vania Serrano-Pinto, and Hector Nolasco-Soria
Isolation and molecular characterization of vitellin from the mature ovaries of the prawn Litopenaeus vannamei, pp. 887 View PDF