Juvenile English sole (Parophrys vetulus) were
collected in Yaquina Bay, Oregon from January, 1986 to
March, 1987. Recruitment of young-of-the-year sole
occurred from January to June, 1986 and again from
December, 1986 to February, 1987. Emigration from Yaquina
Bay started in September, 1986, but a small portion of the
English...
Variation in growth rate of Dover sole (Microstomous pacificus) off Astoria and Brookings, and English sole (Parophrys vetulus) growth off Astoria and Coos Bay, Oregon was studied using the distance between annuli on scales and interoperculum bones indicating growth rate for Dover sole
and English sole respectively. The age at...
Data are presented on the life history and population dynamics of rex sole (Glyptocephalus zachirus Lockington) collected from Oregon waters between September 1969 and October 1973. Length-weight relationships vary little between sexes or with time of year. Otolith annuli form primarily
from January through May and were used for age...
The acanthocephalan Echinorhynchus lageniformis Ekbaum,
1938, is a common intestinal parasite of the starry flounder, Platichthys
stellatus (Pallas), of Yaquina Bay, Lincoln Co., Oregon. Three
hundred and sixty-one flounders were examined and 146 (40.5 percent)
were found to harbor infections of E. lageniformis.
Cystacanths of E. lageniformis were found encysted...
