Matthews Habitat use by rockfishes in central Puget Sound 



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High relief rocky reefs 

 Copper rockfish 



% 20 



D86 F87 A87 J87 A87 087 D87 FB8 A88 J88 ASS 

 Survey month CD HR 1 ^M HR 2 

 Brown rockfish 



:: 5- 



0-1 



10 



D86 F87 A87 J87 A87 087 D87 F88 A88 JSa A88 



>200 mn 



D86 F87 A87 J87 A87 087 D87 FSB A88 J88 ASS 

 Survey month tZD HR 1 H HR 2 



High relief rocky reefs 

 Ouillback rockfish 



80-200 mm 



±1. 



Ala. 



D86 F87 A87 J87 A87 0S7 DS7 F88 A88 J88 ASS 



>200 mm 



5- 



150t 



100 



50 



D86 F87 A87 J87 AS7 087 DS7 F88 

 Survey month i i 



YOY rockfish <80 mm 



ASS JS 

 HR 



ASS 

 I HR 2 



11 



rB7 A87 J87 A87 087 D87 F88 A88 J88 A88 088 



Survey month CZJ HR 1  HR 2 



Figure 3 



Mean monthly densities ( + 95% CI) of young-of-the-year 

 (< 80 mm), subadult (80-200 mm), and adult (> 200 mm) 

 rockfishes on the two high-relief reefs in central Puget 

 Sound, December 1986-August 1988; YOY surveys 

 December 1986-October 1988. 



