An update on the numerical simulation of oceanographic processes in the waters between Vancouver Island and the Mainland : the GF8 model / J.A. Stronach, J.O. Backhaus and T.S. Murty -- A review of recent sea-level research / P.L. Woodworth -- Arsenic in the sea / Kevin A. Francesconi and John S. Edmonds -- Biotic couplings on shallow water soft bottoms -- examples from the Northern Baltic Sea / Erik Bonsdorff and EA Maria Blomqvist -- Using fixed-effects model multivariate analysis of variance in marine biology and ecology / Craig R. Johnson and Christopher A. Field -- Sea-star (Astroid) development / F.S. Chia, C. Ogura and M. Komatsu -- The biology of Acetes (Crustacea : Sergestidae) / Yongshun Xiao and Jack G. Greenwood -- Internal fertilisation of hermaphroditic colonial invertebrates / J.S. Ryland and J.D.D. Bishop -- Marine insects and their reproduction / Lanna Cheng and J.H. Frank -- Mudskippers / David A. Clayton