NOTE Matsuura and Hewitt: Changes in the spatial patchiness of Scomber japonicus 



77 



may be a size-dependent 

 phenomenon!. 



Acknowledgments 



The senior author received 

 a research fellowship from 

 the Coordenacao de Aperfei- 

 coamento de Pessoal de 

 m'vel Superior (CAPES) dur- 

 ing his stay at the Southwest 

 Fisheries Science Center in 

 La Jolla, where this publi- 

 cation was prepared. This 

 study, like many others on 

 the ecology offish larvae in 

 the California Current, was 

 inspired and encouraged by 

 the late Reuben Lasker. 



2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 



Live size (mm) 



Figure 4 



Lloyd's index of patchiness as a function of larval size for Scomber japonicus and Trachurus 

 symmetricus. 



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