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centration ( 18.9 larvae/10 m 2 ) in mid-June. In late June 

 the peak of zoeae II reoccurred (35.8 larvae/10 m 2 ). 



Sicyonia sp. Rock shrimp was the second most 

 abundant species after Solenocera sp. The highest 

 densities were located at the NW Patch and Half- 



moon transects (Fig. 4A). Zoeae represented 31.3% 

 of the catch and myses 68.7%. Zoeae were highly 

 abundant at the NW Patch stations in early May 

 (78.8 larvae/10 m 2 ) and early June (91.1 larvae/10 

 m 2 ), and myses were distributed in patches with two 

 large peaks, one at the Halfmoon transect (184.8 lar- 



