KENDALL and REINTJES: DISTRIBUTION OF ATLANTIC MENHADEN EGGS AND LARVAE 



2000 



1800 



16O0 



1400- 



1200 



1000 



JUNE, 1966 

 N= 14 



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-0- 



AUG., 1966 

 N = 8 



OCT., 1966 

 N=5420 



t- ~. 



NOV., 1966 

 N = 308 



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15 20 25 30 



160 

 140 

 120 

 100 

 80 

 60 

 40 

 20 



70 

 60 

 50 

 40 

 30 

 20 

 10 



7 

 6 

 5 

 4 

 3 

 2 

 1 



4 

 3 

 2 

 1 



DEC, 1965 

 N = 914 



JAN.-FEB., 1966 

 N-305 



APR., 1966 

 N = 34 



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MAY, 1966 

 N=3 



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5 10 



LENGTHS OF lARVAE ( m m,T L) 



IS 20 25 30 



Figure 2.— Length-frequencies of menhaden larvae from the RV Dolphin survey, 1965-66. 



1966. The cruises, however, began in December 

 1965. Thus, the cruises from December 1965 to May 

 1966 cover one spav^^ning season and those from 

 June 1966 to November-December 1966 cover the 

 foUovi^ing season. 



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40- 



< 30- 



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5 20- 



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lo- 



in late June a few larvae were collected 

 nearshore off Delaware Bay (Figure 4). These 

 larvae were small (7.8-14.4 mm), indicating they 

 had been spawned recently. Spawning may have 

 occurred in Delaware Bay since the larvae we 



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4" 



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5 10 50 100 



NUMBERS OF LARVAE PER HAUL (LOG SCALE] 



500 



—1 



1000 



5000 



Figure 3.-Frequency distribution of menhaden larval catches per haul. 



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