1. Fishing mortality rates of giant clams (Family Tridacnidae) from the Sulu Archipelago and Southern Palawan, Philippines

   • Cesar L. Villanoy
   • Antoinette R. Juinio
   • Lambert Anthony Meñez

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 5

2. Post-illumination stimulation of respiration rate in the coral Porites porites

   • P. J. Edmunds
   • P. Spencer Davies

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 9

3. Population genetic studies of the crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci (L.), in the Great Barrier Reef region

   • W. J. Nash
   • M. Goddard
   • J. S. Lucas

   OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 18

4. Well-point sampling of reef interstitial water

   • Francis J. Sansone
   • Christine C. Andrews
   • Gordon W. Tribble

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 22

5. The effect of a minimum length specification on visual estimates of density and biomass of coral reef fishes

   • D. R. Bellwood
   • A. C. Alcala

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 27

6. Mitotic index and size of symbiotic algae in Caribbean Reef corals

   • F. P. Wilkerson
   • D. Kobayashi
   • L. Muscatine

   OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 36

7. Allometric shape change and heterochrony in the freeliving coral Trachyphyllia bilobata (Duncan)

   • Ann Budd Foster
   • Kenneth G. Johnson
   • Lori L. Schultz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 37 - 44

8. Reproductive patterns in three species of large coral reef sponges

   • Wilfried F. Hoppe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 50

9. Coral reef growth in an era of rapidly rising sea level: predictions and suggestions for long-term research

   • R. W. Buddemeier
   • S. V. Smith

   OriginalPaper Pages: 51 - 56