TABLE OF CONTENTS

Vol. 23, No. 2, December, 2005

Summertime Nutrients Supply to Near-Surface to Near-Surface Waters of the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico: 1998, 1999, and 2000 By Leila Belabbassii, Peirs Chapman, Worth D. Nowlin, Jr., Ann E. Jochens, and Douglas C. Biggs ............................................................................................................................137

Variability of the Sea Surface Temperatures Around Cuba By Sergio Cerdeira-Estrada, Frank E. Muller-Karger, and Artemio Gallegos-Garica  .....................................................................................161

Characterizing Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas) Assemblages Near the Sabine Pass Inlet. By Jennifer Brooke Shipley .............................................................................................................................. 172

Cetacean Strandings on the Southwestern Coast of the Gulf of Mexico . By Alejandro Ortega-Argueta, Clara E. Perez, and Hector Alafitta .......................................................................................................... 179

Site Specificity and the Impact of Recreational Fishing Activity on Subadult Endangered Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtles in Estuarine Foraging Habitats in the Northeast Gulf of Mexico By Anne Rudloe and Jack Rudloe            ............................................................................................................................... 186

Shrimp Landings Trends as Indicators of Estuarine Habitat Quality By Thomas P. O’Connor and Gary C. Matlock......................................................................................................................................... 192

Response of Turtlegrass to Natural and Reduced Light Under Conditions of Rhizome Isolation By Silvia E. Ibarra-Obando, Kenneth L. Heck, Jr., Patricia M. Spitzer .................................................................. 197

Regional and Fishery-Specific Patterns of Age and Growth of Yellowtail Snapper, Ocyurus chrysurus By Robert J. Allman, Luiz R. Barbieri, and Claudine T. Bartels ............................................................... 211

Seasonal Variation in Fish Assemblages Within the Estuarine Portions of the Myakaka and Peace Rivers, Southwest Florida By Charles F. Idlberger and Marin F. D. Greenwood ............................................... 224

Peracarid Crustaceans of central Laguna Madre Tamaulipas in the Southwestern Gulf of Mexico By Everardo Barba and Alberto J. Sanchez ................................................................................................ 247

Short Papers and Notes

Microsatellitte Markers for Cobia , Rachycentron canadum By M. A. Renshaw, C. L. Pruett E. Saillant , J. C. Patton, C. E. Rexroad III, and J. R. Gold ………………..…………......…………………………………. 248

Erratum………………………………………………….........................................................……………. 252