December 2004

Contents of Volume 23, Number 3

A. Campbell, C. W. Yeung, G. Dovey and Z. Zhang

Population biology of the Pacific geoduck clam, Panopea abrupta, in experimental plots, southern British Columbia, Canada, pp. 661

Zane Zhang and Alan Campbell

Natural mortality and recruitment rates of the Pacific geoduck clam ( Panopea abrupta ) in experimental plots, pp. 675

Paul Edward Gribben, Jeremy Helson and Russell Millar

Population abundance estimates of the New Zealand geoduck clam, Panopea zelandica, using North American methodology: is the technology transferable?, pp. 683

Brent Vadopalas, Larry L. Leclair and Paul Bentzen

Microsatellite and allozyme analyses reveal few genetic differences among spatially distinct aggregations of geoduck clams ( Panopea abrupta, Conrad 1849), pp. 693

Douglas S. Jones, Irvy R. Quitmyer and C. Fred T. Andrus

Seasonal shell growth and longevity in Donax variabilis from northeastern Florida: evidence from oxygen isotopes, pp.707

Zhang Jihong, J. G. Fang, A. J. S. Hawkins and P. L. Pascoe

The effect of temperature on clearance rate and oxygen consumption of scallops, Chlamys farreri, pp . 715

Marcial Arellano-Martinez, Bertha Patricia Ceballos-Vazquez, Marcial Villalejo-Fuerte, Federico Garcia-Dominguez, Juan Felix Elorduy-Garay, Aaron Esliman-Salgado and Ilie S. Racotta

Reproduction of the lion's paw scallop Nodipecten subnodosus Sowerby, 1835 (Bivalvia: Pectinidae) from Laguna Ojo de Liebre, B.C.S., Mexico, pp. 723

Inke Sunila, Lawrence Williams, Steve Russo and Tessa Getchis

Reproduction and pathology of blue mussels, Mytilus edulis (L.) in an experimental longline in Long Island Sound, Connecticut, pp. 731

Alan J. Power, Randal L. Walker, Karen Payne and Dorset Hurley

First occurrence of the nonindigenous green mussel, Perna viridis (Linnaeus, 1758) in coastal Georgia, United States, pp. 741

Joanne M. Harding, Cyr Couturier, G. Jay Parsons and Neil W. Ross

Evaluation of the neutral red retention assay as a stress response indicator in cultivated mussels ( Mytilus spp.) in relation to seasonal and environmental conditions, pp. 745

Jorge E. Toro, Angelica C. Alcapan, Johana A. Ojeda and Ana M. Vergara

Selection response for growth rate (shell height and live weight) in the Chilean blue mussel ( Mytilus chilensis Hupe 1854), pp. 753

Sylvie Lapegue, Frederico M. Batista, Serge Heurtebise, Ziniu Yu and Pierre Boudry

Evidence for the presence of the Portuguese oyster, Crassostrea angulata, in northern China, pp. 759

Mauricio Escapa, Juan Pablo Isacch, Pedro Daleo, Juan Alberti, Oscar Iribarne, Monica Borges, Eder P. dos Santos, Domingo A. Gagliardini and Mario Lasta

The distribution and ecological effects of the introduced Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793) in northern Patagonia, pp. 765

B. J. Kater and J. M. D. D. Baars

The potential of aerial photography for estimating surface areas of intertidal Pacific oyster beds ( Crassostrea gigas ), pp. 773

Jonathan H. Grabowski, Charles H. Peterson, Sean P. Powers, David Gaskill and Henry C. Summerson

Growth and survivorship of non-native ( Crassostrea gigas and Crassostrea ariakensis ) versus native eastern oysters ( Crassostrea virginica ), pp. 781

Jorge Caceres-Martinez, Sergio Curiel Ramirez Gutierrez, Rebeca Vasquez-Yeomans and Patricia Macias Montes de Oca

Reproductive cycle and mortality of the Japanese oyster Crassostrea gigas cultured in Bah?´a Falsa, Baja California, Mexico, pp. 795

Eric N. Powell and Kathryn A. Ashton-Alcox

A comparison between a suction dredge and a traditional oyster dredge in the transplantation of oysters in Delaware Bay, pp. 803

Francis X. O'Beirn, Paige G. Ross and Mark W. Luckenbach Organisms associated with oysters cultured in floating systems in Virginia, USA, pp. 825

James T. Winstead, Aswani K. Volety and S. Gregory Tolley

Parasitic and symbiotic fauna in oysters ( Crassostrea virginica ) collected from the Caloosahatchee River and estuary in Florida, pp. 831

Ferdinand F. Wirth and Tara M. Minton

A review of the market structure of the Louisiana oyster industry: a microcosm of the United States oyster industry, pp. 841

Sandra Hernandez and Wolfgang B. Stotz

Reproductive biology of the Copey snail Melongena melongena (Linnaeus, 1758) in Cispata Bay on the Caribbean coast of Colombia, pp. 849

Sergio A. Guzman del Proo, Jorge Carrillo-Laguna, Jorge Belmar-Perez, Laura Carreon-Palau and Alberto Castro

Transplanting of wild and cultivated juveniles of green abalone ( Haliotis fulgens Philippi 1845): growth and survival, pp. 855

Norma K. Hernandez-Ibarra, Carlos Marquez, Jose L. Ramirez and Ana M. Ibarra

Comparative karyotypes of two northeastern Pacific abalone species ( Haliotis fulgens Philippi and Haliotis rufescens Swainson), pp. 861

Joseph T. Dealteris, Brian D. Kilpatrick and Robert B. Rheault

A comparative evaluation of the habitat value of shellfish aquaculture gear, submerged aquatic vegetation and a non-vegetated seabed, pp. 867

Arcadio Valdes-Gonzalez, Pedro Flores-Rodriguez, Rafael Flores-Garza and Sergio Garcia-Ibanez

Molluscan communities of the rocky intertidal zone at two sites with different wave action on Isla la Roqueta, Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, pp. 875

Xiaodong Zheng, Jianmin Yang, Xiangzhi Lin and Rucai Wang

Phylogenetic relationships among the Decabrachia cephalopods inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences, pp. 881

Kim D. Smith, Ian C. Potter and S. Alex Hesp

Comparisons between the reproductive biology of females of two species of deep sea crabs that live in different water depths, pp. 887

Liusuo Zhang, Xiaoyu Kong, Ziniu Yu, Jie Kong and Limei Chen

A survey of genetic changes and search for sex-specific markers by AFLP and SAMPL in a breeding program of Chinese shrimp ( Penaeus chinensis ), pp. 897

Fernando Diaz, Ana Denisse Re, Elizabeth Sierra and Eugenio Diaz-Iglesias

Effects of temperature and salinity fluctuation on the oxygen consumption, ammonium excretion and osmoregulation of the blue shrimp Litopenaeus stylirostris (Stimpson), pp. 903

Ana R. Vazquez-Bader, Julio C. Carrero, Martin Garcia-Varela, Adolfo Gracia and Juan P. Laclette

Molecular phylogeny of superfamily Penaeoidea Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1815, based on mitochondrial 16S partial sequence analysis, pp. 911

Guoqiang Huang, Shuanglin Dong and Fang Wang

Effects of feeding level on the growth, energy budget and body biochemical composition of Chinese shrimp Fenneropenaeus chinensis , pp. 919

John C. Wekell, John Hurst and Kathi A. Lefebvre

The origin of the regulatory limits for PSP and ASP toxins in shellfish, pp. 927