Contributions in marine science volume 28

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Table of Contents. Instructions to Authors / (p. iii-iv) -- Numerical simulation of bay-shelf exchanges with a one-dimensional model / Ned P. Smith (p. 1-14) -- Weathering of Ixtoc-I oil under natural conditions in tanks: chemical characteristics / J. Kenneth Winters, Richard S. Scalan and Patrick L. Parker (p. 15-32) -- Benthos structure and function in a South Texas estuary / Warren R. Flint and Richard D. Kalke (p. 33-54) -- Zooplankton distribution in a wind-driven estuary before and after a major storm / C.L. Stubblefield and M. Vecchione (p. 55-68) -- Ecological significance of summer storms in shallow water estuarine systems / Charles S. Hopkinson, Jr., John W. Day, Jr. and Björn Kjerfve (p. 69-78) -- The effects of hypoxia and brine on recolonization by macrobenthos off Cameron, Louisiana (USA) / Gary R. Gaston, Phillip A. Rutledge and Margaret Walther (p. 79-94) -- Influence of white shrimp (Penaeus setiferus) on benthic metabolism and nutrient flux in a coastal marine ecosystem: measurements in situ / Elizabeth Vetter and Charles S. Hopkinson, Jr. (p. 95-108) -- Relationships between possible available food and the composition, condition, and reproductive state of oysters from Galveston Bay, Texas / T.M. Soniat and S.M. Ray (p. 109-122) -- First record of the spionid polychaete Boccardiella ligerica (Ferronniere, 1898) from the Gulf of Mexico / Judy O. Wern (p. 123-128) -- The distributional history and ecology of mangrove vegetation along the northern Gulf of Mexico coastal region / C. Lee Sherrod and Calvin McMillan (p. 129-140) -- The seed reserve for Halodule wrightii, Syringodium filiforme and Ruppia maritima in Laguna Madre, Texas / Calvin McMillan (p. 141-150) -- Staminate flowers and reproductive physiology of Halophila engelmanni / Calvin McMillan (p. 151-159)