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Centropristis striata 



1977-1987 



Larvae/ 10 m 2 





 1-10 

 1 1-100 



October 



Larvae/10 m 

 L~J 1-10 



Figure 3 (continued) 



September 



 ...V r 



■?■■ 



*2 



. ' '->•' 







November 



tern occurred in the Great Bay estuary between 1988 

 and 1992 (Fig. 5) and during 1974 (Fig. 6) when most 

 individuals were present from March through May 

 and from August through November and were ab- 

 sent during the winter. 



Fall otter trawl sampling from the continental shelf 

 off New Jersey (Fig. 8) and from elsewhere in the 

 mid-Atlantic Bight (Fig. 9) collected age 0+ individu- 

 als of the same lengths (3-9 cm TL) as those in the 



fall estuarine sampling (September and October, 

 Figs. 4-6). These individuals were distributed 

 throughout the inshore portions of the mid-Atlantic 

 Bight (Figs. 8 and 10). Interestingly, the largest col- 

 lections of age 0+ individuals were taken off eastern 

 Long Island, Rhode Island, and off Massachusetts, 

 both north and south of Cape Cod (Fig. 10). These 

 are areas where larvae were virtually absent in ex- 

 tensive collections between 1977 and 1987 (Fig. 3). 



