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Vol. 24, No. 1/2, December, 2006

Investigating differences in life history parameters among small coastal sharks: Comparing the finetooth shark, Carcharhinus isodon between the Gulf of Mexico and the Northeast Atlantic Ocean .  By J. Marcus Drymon, William B. Driggers III, Douglas Oakley and Glenn F. Ulrich....................................................... 2

Cannibalism of juveniles by adult common snook (Centropomus undecimalis).  By A. J. Adams and R. K. Wolfe................................................................................................................................................ 11

Feeding periodicity and prey habitat preference of red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus (Poey, 1860), on Alabama artificial reefs.  By Jessica R. McCawley, James H. Cowan, Jr. and Robert L. Shipp................... 14

Seasonal migrations of immature Kemp’s Ridley turtles (Lepidochelys kempii Garman) along the west coast of Florida .  By Jeffrey R. Schmid and Wayne N. Witzell......................................................................... 28

A new shrimp host for Parabopyrella lata (Nierstrasz and Brender à Brandis, 1929) (Crustacea: Isopoda: Bopyridae) from the Florida Gulf coast:  A novel host/parasite relationship or a case of mistaken identity?  By Christopher B. Boyko.......................................................................................................................... 41

Age and growth of sand sea trout (Cynosion arenarius) in estuarine waters of the eastern Gulf of Mexico .  By Douglas J. Nemeth, Jered B. Jackson, Anthony R. Knapp and Caleb H. Purtlebaugh....................................................................................................................................... 45

Travel times of passive drifters from the western Caribbean to the Gulf of Mexico and Florida-Bahamas.  By Alexis Lugo-Fernández........................................................................................................................ 61

Effects of exotic submerged aquatic vegetation on waterfowl in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta.  By M. E. Goecker, 
J. F. Valentine and S. A. Sklenar
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Short Papers and Notes

Oculocutaneous albinism in a finetooth shark, Carcharhinus isodon, from Mobile Bay , Alabama .  By Lisa M. Jones and Robert L. Shipp.................................................................................................................. 81

Red tide-associated mass mortality in 2005 of the sand dollars Encope aberrans, Encope michelini and Mellita tenuis (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) on the central Florida Gulf coast shelf.  By John M. Lawrence, Janessa Cobb and James P. Swigart................................................................................................... 83

Book Review: Underwater to Get Out of the Rain: A Love Affair with the Sea, by Trevor Norton.  ISBN: 0712638849.  By Richard B. Aronson................................................................................................... 88

Book Review:  Sharks, Skates, and Rays of the Gulf of Mexico : A Field Guide.  2006.  By Glenn R. Parsons............................................................................................................................................. 90

 

Published by the Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium of Alabama
George Crozier, Executive Director