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Paralichthys Dentatus '55 NOAA Technical Report NMFS SSRF-755 Annotated Bibliography and Subject Index on the Summer Flounder, Paralichthys dentatus Paul G. Scarlett March 1982 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service National 722. activity. and a.e and IIC ompo Ilion Nicholson. Mar h 1978. III 8 p I Ii. 12 labln IIp.lfl'tabin 72.. Eslunated averaae daiI IRJtantancou numbCT mercial lishermen and boalcn In the AndR'W Ba cent coastal waler • 1973 By Doyle F therland ligs .• II table . 725. Seasonal bollom·water temperature trcncb In the Georges Bank. I 963·7S. By Clarence W Da Ma ligs.. Stables. 726. The Gulf of Mune temperature llructure beI_ Bar Har and Yarmoulh. Nova Scot ... June 197~ cmbCT 1976 B Robert J 10wski. DecembCT 1978. III + 10 P .... lias • 1 tabic 727. Expendable bathythertnotraph observallons from the Ship of Opponunity PTosram for I97S By Sleven K 00 Iins. and Christine S. Carty January 1979. I 93 p • 2 Ii app. ligs. 728. Vertical sectIOns of semImonthly man temperature on the San Fr_ Honolulu route. From expendable balhythcrmop"aph oblervatlOlll. June I9«.-Decanbcr 197.. By J. F. T. Saur. L. E Ebcr. D R Mclain. and C E Dorman. January 1979. ill + 3S p .•• rIP • 1 table 729. References for the Identiracatlon of manne Invertebrates 01\ the southern Atlantic coast of the United States. By Richard E. Dowda pril 1979. I 37 p. 730. Surface circulation in the nonhwestern Gulf of Meuco as deduced from drift bollies. By Robert F. Temple and John A. Martin May 1979. IU 13 p .• 8 fJlS .• 4 tables. 731. Annotated bibliography and subject index on the shonllOle Sluraeon. At"/­ penser brevirostrum. By James G. Hoff. April 1979. ill + 16 P 743 ..... ......, ..............., 732. Assessment of the Nonhwest Atlantic mackerel. Scum.,. -bnu. Ierina 5eL .,........ .. stock. By Emory D. Anderson. April 1979. iv + 13 p .• 9 flp .• IS tabla. tip., ....... NOAA Technical Report NMFS SSRF- 755 Annotated Bibliography and Subject Index on the Summer Flounder, Paralichthys dentatus Paul G. Scarlett March 1982 u.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration John V. Byrne, Administrator National Marine Fisheries Service William G. Gordon, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries The National Marine Fisheries Service (. '.\IFS) does not approve, rec· ommend or endorse any proprietary product or proprlf'tary mater'al mentioned in this publication. :\0 referenc!! shall be made to :-';.\IF , or to this publication furnished by ~;\lFS, in any advertising or aalplI pro· motion which would indicate or Imply that. ',\1 F, approves, recommend or endorses any proprietary product or proprietary matl'rial m ntionpd herein, or which has as its purpo e an intent to cau e dir ctly or indlT ctl}' the advertised product to be u ed or purchased b ('AU P. of this. ':-.IF publication. CONTENTS Introduction .... .. ....................... .. ... ......... .. ... ...... .......... Bibliography ..... .. .. ............ ........... .. ..... ... ..... ... .... .. ...... Subject index . II iii Annotated Bibliography and Subject Index on the Summer Flounder, Paralichthys dentatus PAUL G. SCARLETT' ABSTRACT An annotated bibliography and subject index for 114 references are presented on the identity, distribution, life history, ecology, behavior, exploitation, and population dynamics of the summer nounder, Paralichlhys den/alus. INTRODUCTION This bibliography consists of 114 references on the distribu­ of each publication than can be obtained from their titles. tion, life history, ecology, behavior, and exploitation of the sum­ Where possible, the abstract of a publication was used as a guide mer flounder, Paralichthys dentatus (Linneaus). Only those to provide an annotation. Headings for the subject index are references that exclusively pertain to, supply important facts based on the outline provided by Rosa (1965 '). about (i.e., identifies limits of range), or contain a large section The search for literature on summer flounder was undertaken on summer flounder have been included. Popular articles have during the course of preparing a fishery management plan under purposely been omitted. the State/Federal Fisheries Management Program. Many of the References are listed alphabetically by author's surname. references listed in the bibliography were provided by members Those with multiple authors are listed only under the senior of the Summer Flounder Scientific and Statistical Committee, author's name. All works by the same author are listed notably Arnold Howe, Michael Fogarty, George Maltezos, John chronologically by year of publication. Poole, Stuart Wilk, Paul Hamer, Ronal Smith, James Casey, Brief annotations of the contents of each publication are John Musick and John Gillikin. I also wish to thank the typist, given. The annotations are not intended to be value judgments, Peggy Reno. but are included to provide clearer descriptio'1s of the contents BIBLIOGRAPHY ANDERSON, V. T ., Jr. BIGELOW, H. B., and W. C. SCHROEDER. 1978. Reversed summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus 1953. Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. U.S. Fish Wildl. L.) from the Middle Atlantic Bight. Bull. N.J. Acad. Serv., Fish. Bull. 53, 557 p. Sci. 23(1):39-41. Includes a description, size range, seasonal Dextral summer flounder are described for the first movements, food habits, and range of summer time with a fully migrated left eye and normal dorsal flounder. fin origin. Morphometry and meristics are given for four specimens. BOWMAN, R. E., R. O. MAURER, Jr., and J. A. MURPHY. BEDSOLE, H . L. , Jr. , B. F . HOLLAND, Jr. , and J. W. 1976. Stomach contents of twenty-nine fish species from GILLIKIN. five regions in the northwest Atlantic - Data report. 1980. State of North Carolina R/ V Dan Moore - cruise Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Cent. Woods report no. 38. N.C. Di v. Mar. Fish., 17 p. Hole Lab., Lab. Ref. 76-10, 37 p. A description of the distribution of summer flounder Results of food habits studies showed that Pleuro­ in the Atlantic Ocean between Cape Lookout, N.C., nectiformes occurred in the stomachs of a number of and Chesapeake Bay entrance is included. Mesh size fish eating species. These data do not indicate the pro­ regulations for the offshore trawl fishery are also portion of summer flounder among the flatfish prey, discussed. but they may be represented. 'Nacote Creek Marine Fisheries Laboratory, New Jersey Division of Fish, Game ' Rosa, H. Jr. 1965 . Preparation of synopses on the biolog) of spa:ies of li\­ and Wildlife, Star Route, Absecon, NJ 08201. ing aquatic organisms. FAO Fisheries BIOlogy Synopsis o. I, Re'lsion I, 30 p. BRIGGS, P. T. 01 SlIlTllJler l10tllldcr ({'arallehthy} d(,fllalU ). I 'n5· 197 . 1962. The sport fisheries of Great South Buy and vilinlty. ali. 1;11 II h. Scrv., orlhe;t I I j~h. (Cllt Sandy N.Y. Fish Game J. 9(1):1-36. Iloo\.; I all , I alJ Kef. Sill 7')·2 . Over a million and a half summer flounder II ne taken I ell 'Iii IrcqllCIIcIC\ of rc<.rc.1liolwlly eau ,ht ummer from June through September. Suggests reslrictlOn-. l10llllder :trc pre cnlcd III c(lrnrllrler prinlOUl f rm. on summer flounder fishing during lay ,Ind (k 10- ber. I'n'). <';C~tloll II: BRUCE, R A. I rlcu( c()fl1rT1ullll 1967. North Atlanlic trawl r1l:ts. U.·. I I Ii Wlldl '" ·7 . Inst. Serv., Leafl. 600. 23 p. <; I. () The two most commonly used Ir,1\\ I nl'! Ilere the I he comp III 11 nd dl tnbuuon of II h a semblag~ number 36 oller tra"l and the Ilounder Ira,,1 tlanll Ulght re dC\Cnbcd [Jar41luh­ III) \ (/ "Ialll} arc r 'ularl) cia I led an the same group CHANG, S., and A L. PACHECO. dunn' pnng and fall \\ 1111 l)ruJf/olll ~ carollflLl\, leno- 1976. A.n evaluation of the summl:r Iloullder populatilln 1011111\ hr} O/H, nd ( (!1I/ropn.5flS <;IT/OIO in subarea 5 and statistical area 6. Int . (l'mm. I I nil west Atl. Fish., Sel. Pap. I. p. 59-71 l>Allll K, I ( ., and R. \\ ~ IIIIf 19 9 n anah I of the ummer nounder populallon an An analysis of the summer !lounder to k III Il ' \1 the D (allure Bal rca nI\. () I., I r. lab, _6 p. Subarea 5 and Statistical Area 6 1<1 madc ullilzin catch statistics, age-lengl h and II eight-length relallon­ \ c and ro\\th anal ~,t d h, bit and length­ ~hips. The estimated fishable population ranged I rom frequenl\ dl tnbutJon re presented for umm r 36,000 to 74,000 metric tons from 1%3 to 1974 and the n under MSY (maximum sustainable Yield) of 20,{X)(} to 22,1 tons was approximatel) 6,000 ton 10ller th, n the DI L III r R, I I ., Jr. estimated 1974 har. e~t of the commerCIal and rec.rea­ 19 A lomparall\ e IUd) the po Ilan e of three tional fisherie . flounder (paraltdll/n \) In orth arohna. opera II)~ 112 116. CHRISTENSE ,D. J ., and \"" J CLIFFORD 1979. Composition of catches made b) angler ii Illllg for Thl paper mdude data 1\ hl'h mak Il po ible 10 summer flounder, Paralichlhys denratul. I rom 'ell dl ungul h Ihe late p tlanrtl lorm of Par41lt IIth.1S Jersery party boats in 1978. lar. hsh. ReI 41 (12): ti malu , P. 1('("0 II 11141, and P. albll!Ullu. 28-30. Dl· BI.LR. [ 1-., Jr., and \\ . - !AHI . Anglers were interviewed I~hile fishmg lor ~ummer I ~ \ re\ cr l'd ambl lorate ummer !lounder. Pura- flounder along the Nell Jersey coast from part) boat . IichlhJ tI ilia/II C orcia 11)5 :5 -. Mean seasonal catch rates for full-da) and half-da) anglers were 3.15 and 1.86 summer Ilounder per man An abcrr,lnt, fcmale ~ummer Ilounda ~65 mm in tan­ per trip, respectively.
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