1. The effect of chronic oil pollution on salt-marsh nitrogen fixation (acetylene reduction)

   • Alyce D. Thomson
   • Kenneth L. Webb

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2 - 11

2. Comparative growth of juvenile white sturgeon and striped bass: Effects of temperature and hypoxia

   • Joseph J. Cech
   • Stephen J. Mitchell
   • Trent E. Wragg

   OriginalPaper Pages: 12 - 18

3. The distribution and production of the hard clam,Mercenaria mercenaria, in Wassaw Sound, Georgia

   • Randal L. Walker
   • Kenneth R. Tenore

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 27

4. Effects of dredging and open-water disposal on benthic macroinvertebrates in a South Carolina estuary

   • Robert F. Van Dolah
   • Dale R. Calder
   • David M. Knott

   OriginalPaper Pages: 28 - 37

5. Distribution and community structure of estuarine copepods

   • Rolland S. Fulton

   OriginalPaper Pages: 38 - 50

6. Composition, habitats, seasonal changes and productivity of macroalgae in Grays Harbor Estuary, Washington

   • Ronald M. Thom

   OriginalPaper Pages: 51 - 60

7. Soil characteristics and nutrient status in a Northern Australian mangrove forest

   • Kevin G. Boto
   • John T. Wellington

   OriginalPaper Pages: 61 - 69

8. The nursery role of seagrass meadows in the upper and lower reaches of the Chesapeake Bay

   • Kenneth L. Heck
   • Timothy A. Thoman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 70 - 92

9. Distribution and characterization of luminescent bacteria in a temperate estuary

   • Kathleen A. Feldman
   • John D. Buck

   Short Papers and Notes Pages: 93 - 97

10. Patterns of cell viability in the diatom,Skeletonema costatum, in batch culture and in natural populations

    • Jane C. Gallagher

    Short Papers and Notes Pages: 98 - 101

11. Feeding of underyearling walleye surfperch,Hyperprosopon argenteum, in a Northern California Bay

    • John R. Moring

    Short Papers and Notes Pages: 102 - 104

12. Mangrove ecosystems in Australia: Structure, function and managemen

    • William E. Odum

    Book Review Pages: 105 - 105