| Vol. 70 No. 4, JULY 2004 CONTENTS | 
| 2003 Award of Excellence for Scientific Paper Entitled | |
| 489 | |
| Reviews | |
| Construction of genetic linkage maps and QTL analysis using microsatellite markers in fish | |
| TAKASHI SAKAMOTO | 496 | 
| Molecular biological studies on crustacean peptide hormones | |
| TSUYOSHI OHIRA | 500 | 
| Studies on the occurrence of red tide and mechanisms causing shellfish kills due to the harmful dinoflagellate Heterocapsa circularisquama | |
| YUKIHIKO MATSUYAMA | 504 | 
| Studies on the regulatory mechanisms involved in catch contraction of molluscan smooth muscles | |
| DAISUKE FUNABARA | 508 | 
| Essential fatty acid requirements of fishes in seed production process | |
| HIROFUMI FURUITA | 512 | 
| Originals | |
| Spatial distribution and population structure of the benthic sphaeromatid isopod Tecticeps glaber in the sandy beach of Hamanaka Bay, northern Japan | |
| TORU UDAGAWA, SOHEI KINO AND HIDETSUGU YOSHIDA | 516 | 
| Structure and seasonal change of the Zostera marina population on the coast of Matsunase, Mie Prefecture, central Japan | |
| MAHIKO ABE, | 523 | 
| Growth and migration of the greasyback shrimp Metapenaeus ensis in Tosa Bay, southern Japan | |
| HIDEO SAKAJI AND AKIHIRO KOMATSU | 530 | 
| Properties of an algicidal bacterium (Flavobacterium sp.) against Karenia mikimotoi isolated from Ise Bay, Japan | |
| YUZO IWATA, ISAO SUGAHARA, TOSHIO KIMURA, HIROE KOWA, AKITO MATSUMOTO AND KENTAROU NORITAKE | 537 | 
| Effect of rotifers enriched with taurine on growth and survival activity of red sea bream Pagrus major larvae | |
| JAU-NENG CHEN, TOSHIO TAKEUCHI, TAKAYUKI TAKAHASHI, TSUTOMU TOMODA, MASAHIKO KOISO AND HIROSHI KUWADA | 542 | 
| Life Cycle Inventory of Air Pollutants for Consumption of Tuna | |
| WATARU MINAMI, | 548 | 
| Contamination of Organochlorines, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Organotin in Coastal Shellfishes from the Ariake Sea and the Effects of Tributyltin on Imposex Induction in Rock Shells | |
| HARUHIKO NAKATA, SATORU KOBAYASHI, YUKARI HIRAYAMA AND YASUFUMI SAKAI | 555 | 
| Relationship between mass mortality of megalops and morphogenesis of zoeas in the seed production of swimming crab Portunus trituberculatus (Brachyura: Portunidae) | |
| DAISUKE ARAI, KATSUYUKI HAMASAKI, KEIGO MARUYAMA, YASUHIRO OBATA, SEI-ICHI TSUMURA AND MASATSUGU TAKANO | 567 | 
| Dietary value of marine rotifer Brachionus plicatilis in different population growth stages for larval red seabream Pagrus major | |
| TSUTOMU TOMODA, MASAHIKO KOISO, HIROSHI KUWADA, JAU-NENG CHERN AND TOSHIO TAKEUCHI | 573 | 
| Geographic population subdivision of the Japanese sandfish, Arctoscopus japonicus, inferred from PCR-RFLP analysis on mtDNA | |
| TAKASHI YANAGIMOTO | 583 | 
| Abundance estimation of sergestid shrimp Sergia lucens in Suruga Bay | |
| ATSUSHI FUKUI, TOKO HARA, DAISUKE ITO, TATSUYA HOSHO AND ITSURO UOTANI | 592 | 
| Differences in accumulation and elimination of paralytic shellfish toxins among oyster, scallop and mussel | |
| KUMIYO TAKATA, MASATO SENO, YASUSHI TOUKUBO, HIDEYUKI TAKATSUJI, HARUYOSHI TAKAYAMA AND HIROMI OGAWA | 598 | 
| Role of pepsin and trypsin on protein digestion and seasonal variations of those activities in yellowtail | |
| KOH-ICHI SATOH | 607 | 
| Regional News | 610 | 
| Highlights in Fisheries Science Research | 614 | 
| New Books | 616 | 
| Topics | 617 | 
| Abstracts of Original Papers | |
| Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi Vol. 70, No. 4 | 631 | 
| Fisheries Science Vol. 70, No. 3 | 633 | 
| Members | 637 | 
| Announcements | 639 |