TABLE OF CONTENTS

Vol. 18, No. 1, June, 2000

Mapping and Monitoring of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in Escambia-Pensacola Bay System, Florida.  By Emile M. Lores, Eva Pasko, James M. Patrick, Robert L. Quarles, Jed Campbell, and John Macauley........1

Ship and Satellite Studies of Mesoscale Circulation and Sperm Whale Habitats in the Northern Gulf of Mexico During GulfCetII    By Douglas C. Biggs, Robert R. Leben, and Joel G. Ortega-Ortiz.....................15

Zooplankton and Micronekton in Cyclones and Anticyclones in the Northeast Gulf of Mexico.  By  John H. Wornmuth, Patrick H. Ressler, Robert B. Cady, and Elizabeth J. Harris..................................................23
 

Short Papers and Notes

Preliminary Findings on the Occurrence and Site Fidelity of Photo-Identified Sperm Whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in the northern Gulf of Mexico . By David W. Weller, Bernd Wursig, Spencer K. Lynn, and Andrew J. Schiro.................................................................................................................................35
 

Dedicated Section

Hydrographic Properties and Inferred Circulation Over the Northeastern Shelves of the Gulf of Mexico During Spring to Midsummer of 1998.  By Worth D. Nowlin, Jr., Ann E. Jochens, Matthew K. Howard, Steven F. DiMarco, and William W. Schroeder.....................................................................................................40

The Spring 1998 Northeastern Gulf of Mexico (NEGOM) Cold Water Events: Remote Sensing Evidence for Upwelling and for Eastward Advection of Mississippi Water (0r: How an Errant Loop Current Anticyclone Took NEGOM for a spin). By Frank E. Muller-Karger..............................................................................55
 

Short Papers and Notes

A Mass Mortality Event in Coastal Waters of the Central Florida Panhandle During Spring and Summer 1998.  By Sneed B. Collard, Alexis Lugo-Fernandez, Gary Fitzhugh, John Brusher, and Rosalie Shaffer....68
 

Commentary

The Deep Sea is Not So Deep Any More.   By Carolita U. Kallaur ..........................................................72
 

Acknowledgments

Referees 1999-2000............................................................................................................................75