TABLE OF CONTENTS

Vol. 19, No. 1, June, 2001

Feeding Ecology of the Blackwing Searobin Prionotus rubio (Jordan, 1886) Over the Western Continental Shelf off Alvarado Veracruz, Mexico. By Victor H. Cruz-Escalona,  L.  Andres  Abitia-Cardenas,  Lucia Campos-Davila, and Felipe Galvan-Magana.............................................................................................1

Distribution and Abundance of Phytoplankton,  Zooplankton,  Ichtyoplanton,  and Micronekton in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico.   By Douglas C. Biggs and Patrick H. Ressler .................................................7

Abundance, Spatial Distribution and Mortality of Young-of-the-year Spotted Seatrout (Cynoscian nebulosus) Along the Gulf Coast of Florida.  By Gary A. Nelson and Deborah Leffler.................................................30

Age Determination in the Sand Dollar Mellita tenuis.  By Chih-Yi Tan and John M. Lawrence.....................43

Test Damage to Sand Dollar Mellita tenuis on the Florida Coast.  By John M. Lawrence and Chih-Yi Tan....50

Diet Composition of Juvenile Pigfish, Orthopristis chrysoptera (Perciformes: Haemulidae) , from the Northern Gulf of Mexico.  By Jeffrey  C.  Howe....................................................................................................55

The Reproductive Biology of Spotted Seatrout , Cynoscion nebulosus , Along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.   By Nancy J. Brown-Peterson and James  W. Warren.............................................................................61

Book Reviews

Corals of the World and Staghorn Corals of the World : A Revision of the Genus Acropora .  By Richard B. Aronson.............................................................................................................................................74

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