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Taxa 



uiphus tlwta 

 Nunnobrachitim regale 

 kichlhys lockingUmi 

 Steiwbrachius leucopsanis 

 Tarletonheania crenttUiris 

 Sebasles spp. 

 Lyopsetta exilis 

 Gtyptocephalus zachirus 

 Microstomus pacificus 

 Prolomyctophitm thompsoni 

 Chatiltodtis macotmi 

 Liparis fttcensis 



Ranked similarities 



Depth 



1500 



500 



Ranked similarities 



Figure 3 



Dendrograms of (A) larval taxa, (B) larval depth, and (C) egg depth. Cluster and multidimensional 

 scaling analyses were performed on fish larvae and eggs collected from a single offshore station off 

 the central Oregon coast in 2000 and 2002. Taxon (A) and depth (B and C) cluster identifications 

 are indicated on each figure. Numbers in figure 3A refer to the four identifiable larval taxa 

 assemblages. Depth strata 1 = 0-10 m, 2 = 10-20 m, 3 = 20-50 m, 4 = 50-100 m, 5 = 100-150 m, 

 6 = 150-200 m, and 7 = 200-350 m. 



in other studies conducted during the summer in off- 

 shore waters off the central Oregon coast (Richardson, 

 1973; Richardson and Pearcy, 1977; Brodeur et al., 1985; 

 Auth and Brodeur, 2006). This similarity may indicate 

 that the composition of dominant larval fishes in this 

 area is resilient to dramatic environmental fluctuations 

 such as those observed during the last 35 years in the 



northern California Current (Schwing and Moore, 2000; 

 Grantham et al., 2004). It also provides evidence in 

 support of the hypothesis of Auth and Brodeur (2006) 

 that past sampling of ichthyoplankton along the NH 

 line during the summer is indeed representative of 

 summer ichthyoplankton assemblages elsewhere along 

 the Oregon coast. 



