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Figure 5. — Seasonal abundance of the following kinds of fish larvae in the 

 Boothbay region, January through August 1968 and November 1969 through 

 October 1970: A. Merluccius bilinearis, B. Ammodytes ame'Hcanus, C. Sebastes 

 m,arinu^, D. Cyclopterus lum,pus, E. Limanda ferruginea, F. Osmeriis mordax, 

 G. Syngnathus fuscus, H. Scophthalmus aquosus, I. Ulvaria subbifurcata, 

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the upper estuaries, and the difference in 

 abundance between years suggests that there 

 was considerably less spawning in 1970 than 

 1968. 



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L. lumpretaeformis probably spawns in the 

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