Sci. Mar. 61(4): 1997

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Data quality control for vessel mounted acoustic Doppler current profiler. Application for the western Mediterranean Sea E. García-Górriz, J. Font and J. Candela Sci. Mar. 61(4) : 417-430

Sources of acoustic scattering near a halocline in an estuarine frontal system A. Madirolas, E.M. Acha, R.A. Guerrero and C. Lasta Sci. Mar. 61(4) : 431-438

Histochemical and immunocytochemical study of gonadotropic pituitary cells of the killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus during annual reproductive cycle C. Sarasquete, J.A. Muñoz-Cueto, M.L. González de Canales, A. García-García, F.J. Rodríguez-Gómez, C. Piñuela, C. Rendon and R.B. Rodríguez. Sci. Mar. 61(4) : 439-449

Effects of the culture conditions on the development of Chondrus crispus Stackhouse (Gigartinaceae, Rhodophyta) in culture M.G. Tasende and M.I. Fraga Sci. Mar. 61(4) : 451-458

Sepiolinae (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) from the Strait of Sicily P. Jereb, A. Mazzola and M. Di Stefano Sci. Mar. 61(4) : 459-470

The taxonomic status of the genus Stylactaria Stechow, 1921 (Hydroidomedusae, Anthomedusae, Hydractiniidae), with the description of a new species J. Bouillon, D. Medel and A.L. Peña Cantero Sci. Mar. 61(4) : 471-486

A redescription of Paragotoea bathybia Kramp 1942 (Hydroidomedusae: Corymorphidae) with a new diagnosis for the genus Paragotoea F. Pagès, and J. Bouillon Sci. Mar. 61(4) : 487-493

Rocky bottom fish communities of Cabrera Archipelago National Park (Mallorca, western Mediterranean) O. Reñones, J. Moranta, J. Coll and B. Morales-Nin Sci. Mar. 61(4) : 495-506

Starvation percentages in field caught Sardina pilchardus larvae off southern Portugal M.A. Chicharo Sci. Mar. 61(4) : 507-516

Preliminary studies on the significance of alkaline phosphatase activity in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum Bohlin R. García Ruiz, I. Hernández, J. Lucena and F.X. Niell Sci. Mar. 61(4) : 517-525

BOOK REVIEWS

Bakun, A. - 1996. Patterns in the Ocean. Ocean processes and marine population dynamics. Miguel Alcaraz Sci. Mar. 61(4) : 527-527