Stanford oceanographic expedition 17, Galapagos Islands and vicinity, 22 February-23 March 1968: observations on birds, the Galapagos fur seal, and cetaceans

1. Systematic list of birds (pp. 23-31) 2. Observations on the Galapagos fur seal, Arctocephalus australis galapagoensis Heller, 1904 (pp. 31-33) 3. Cetaceans observed (pp. 33-34)

Preliminary Observations on spawning potential in the striped bass (Roccus saxatilis Walbaum)

This study was initiated during the summer of 1940 with the following objectives: (1) To determine at what age sexual maturity begins in striped bass of the Chesapeake Bay. (2) To determine whether the potential of reproduction declines with increasing age in Chesapeake Bay fish. (3) To determine whether striped bass in northern waters have a spawning cycle similar to that found in the Chesapeake Bay fish.