The Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean
  Revista de
BIOLOGÍA TROPICAL
  Marine Research in the Caribbean
Vol. 41 (Suppl. 1) / Vol. 41 (Supl. 1) December, 1993 / Diciembre, 1993

CONTENTS / CONTENIDO

Proceedings of / Memorias de la

25th Scientific Meeting of the Association of
Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean (AMLC)

25va Reunion Anual y de Aniversario de la Asociación de
Laboratorios Marinos del Caribe (ALMC)

Cover & journal credits ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... i
Preface ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... ii
Program …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... iv
 

GOODBODY,I.
The Association of Island Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean - a historical perspective   …………………………………………………………………..		 1

ALDANA, A., D. & A. LUCAS
Programa de investigatión de moluscos marinos del Golfo de México y Caribe   ……………………………………………………………………………..		 9

CHACON C., D.
Aspectos biométricos de una población de sabalo, Megalops alllanlicus (Pisces: Megalopidae)   ……………………………………………………………..		 13

CORTÉS, J.
Comparison between Caribbean and eastern Pacific coral reefs  ………………………………………………………………………………………………..		 19

CRIALES, M.M. & M.F. McGOWAN
Coastal-Oceanic planktonic distribution of natantia shrimps in the Florida Keys, U.S.A  ……………………………………………………………………..		 23

GARCES B., H.A.
Application of bioenergetics modelling to fish growth in ponds  ……………………………………………………………………………………………..		 27

GOLDMAN, D.A.
Distribution of cephalopod paralarvae across the Florida Current front in the Florida Keys: preliminary results ……………………………………………..		 31

GOODBODY, I.
The ascidian fauna of a Jamaican lagoon: thirty years of change  ……………………………………………………………………………………………..		 35

JIMÉNEZ, C. & J. CORTÉS
Density and compressive strength of the coral Siderastrea siderea (Scleractinia: Siderastreidae): intraspecific variability  …………………………………..		 39

LEMUS, M.J., K.S. CHUNG & G.J. HOLT.
Efecto de la temperatura sobre el crecimiento de juveniles de Petenia kraussi (Pisces: Cichlidae): relación ARN/ADN  ……………………………………..		 45

PHOEL, W.C., G.T. ROWE, B. MAY & S. FROMM
Sediment characteristics of the continental shelf in the northern Gulf of Mexico  ……………………………………………………………………………..		 49

RILEY, C.M. & G.J . HOLT
Gut contents of larval fishes from light traps and plankton net collections at Enmedio Reef near Veracruz, Mexico  ………………………………………..		 53

SEGNINI DE BRAVO, M.I., K.S. CHUNG & P. CIURCINA
Tasa de aclimatación al cambio de temperatura de Mugil curema (Pisces: Mugilidae) de Venezuela  ………………………………………………………..		 59

YEUNG, C., J.T. COUILLARD, IV, & M.F. McGOWAN
The relationship between the vertical distribution of spiny lobster phyllosoma larvae (Crustacea: Palinuridae) and isolume depths generated by a
computer model  ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..		 63

GUZMAN, H.M. & J. CORTÉS
Sociedad Latinoamericana de Arrecifes Coralinos  …………………………………………………………………………………………………………..		 69

Authors' guide  ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..		 71
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