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Vol. 23, No. 1, June 2005

Foreword-Dedicated Issue: Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. By John W. Tunnell Jr., Sylvia A. Earle, and Robert R. Furgason …………………………………………………..........………………………… 1

Introduction-Dedicated Issue: Flower garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. By Emma L. Hickerson and George P. Schmahl ……............................................................................................................……… 2

High-Resolution Multibeam Bathymetry and Acoustic Backscatter of Selected Northwestern Gulf of Mexico Outer Shelf Banks . By James V. Gardner and Jonathan Beaudoin ……….....………………………………... 5

Decapod Crustaceans of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary . By Mary K. Wicksten …. 30

Platoma chrysymenioides sp. Nov. (Schizymeniaceae) , and Sebdenia integra sp. Nov. (Sebdeniaceae) , Two New Red Algal Species from the Noerthwestern Gulf of Mexico , with a Phylogenetic Assessment of the Cryptonemiales Complex (Rhodophyta) . By Brigitte Gavio, Emma Hicherson, and Suzanne Fredericq …..38

New Species and New Records of Offshore Members of the Rhodymeniales (Rhodophyta) in the Northern Gulf of Mexico . By Brigitte Gavio and Suzanne Fredericq ……………………………………………………… 58

Long-Term Persistence of Coral Assemblages on the Flower Garden Banks, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico: Implications for Science and Management. By Richard B. Aronson, William F. Precht, Thaddeus J. T. Murdoch and Martha L. Robbart ………………………………….....................................…………………… 84

Pathologies Affecting Reef Corals at the Flower Gardens Banks , Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. By Eric H. Borneman and Gerard M. Wellington ………………………………………...................……………………….. 95

Tight Temporal Consistency of Coral Mass Spawning at the Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico, from 1997-2003. By Peter D. Vize, John A. Embesi, Mike Nickell, D. Paul Brown and Derek K. Hagman …… 107


Short Papers and Notes

Sedimentary Environments of East and West Flower Banks Area .  By  Kathryn M. Scanlon, Seth D. Ackerman and Jill E. Rozycki............................................................................................................115

Establishment and Initial Analysis of Deep Reef Stations (32-40 m) at the East Flower Garden Bank.  By William F. Percht, MarthaL. Robbart, Gregory S. Boland and Geroge P. Schmahl...................................124

 

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George Crozier, Executive Director