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Vol. 22, No. 1, June 2004

Residence Patterns, Group Characteristics, and Association Patterns of Bottlenose Dolphins Near Sanibel Island, Florida. By Susan H. Shane........................................................................................................1

A Small Resident Community of Bottlenose Dolphins, Tursiops truncates, in Texas: Monitoring Recommendations. By Linda-Jane Irwin and Bernd Wursig.....................................................................13

Slope and Roughness Statistics of the Northern Gulf of Mexico Seafloor With Some Oceanographic Implications. By Alexis Lugo-Fernandez and Michelle M. Morin...............................................................22

Age, Growth, Diet, and Reproductive Biology of the Tripletail, Lobotes surinamensis, From the North-Central Gulf of Mexico. By Andrew J. Strelcheck, Jered B. Jackson, James H. Cowan, Jr. and Robert L. Shipp......45

Immature Sea Turtles in Gullivan Bay, Ten Thousand Island, Southwest Florida. By Wayne N. Witzell and Jeffrey R. Schmid................................................................................................................................54

Abundance and Seasonal Occurrence of Cetaceans in Outer Continental Shelf and Slope Waters of the North-Central and Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. By Keith D. Mullin, Wayne Hoggard, and Larry J. Hansen..62

Abundance and Sizes of Bay Scallops in Heterogeneous Habitats Along the Gulf Coast of Florida. By Jaime M Greenawalt, Thomas K. Frazer, Stephanie R. Keller, and Charles A. Jacoby........................................74

Evaluation of the "Gulf Fisheye" Bycatch Reduction Device in the Northern Gulf Inshore Shrimp Fishery. By David D. Burrage.................................................................................................................................85

Growth Bands in Test Plates of the Sea Urchins Arbacia punctulata and Lytechinus variegates (Echinodermata) on the Central Florida Gulf Coast Shelf. By Sophie . Hill, Jason B. Aragona, and John M. Lawrence...........................................................................................................................................96

Microsatellite Markers for Red Drum, Sciaenops ocellatus. By E. Saillant, K. Cizdziel, K.G. O'Malley, T.F. Turner, C.L. Pruett, and J.R. Gold.......................................................................................................101


Short Papers and Notes

Aspects of the Biology of the Finetooth Shark, Carcharhinus isodon, in Louisiana Waters. By Julie A. Neer and Bruce A. Thompson....................................................................................................................108


Book Review

Great Waters: An Atlantic Passage. By Richard B. Aronson.................................................................114
 

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