FISHERY BULLETIN OF THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 



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180 

 170 



• 160 

 w 



E 



= 150 



E 



- I40h 

 S 130 



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S 120 



Q. 

 O 

 w 



u 110 



S 100 



90 

 80 

 70 



N-2 N-l N N+l N+2 N+3 N+4 N+5 N+6 

 Age in yeors 



FiouEE 10. — Average growth curves of adiilt male king crabs for each of the years 1956 through 1959 as determined from 

 population models (solid lines). The broken line extension represents the average progression of modes in the 

 size frequency distributions. 'S represents an age in years at which crabs are 110 mm. in carapace length. 



