FISHERY BULLETIN: VOL. 86, NO. 3 



Table 1. — Characteristics of transects and samples of English sole during 1981-82.' 



'Sampling in May-July and November was conducted in 1981 , whereas sampling in August and March was conducted in 1982. 

 ^Locations of transects are presented in Figure 1 . 

 'Each value Is based on five replicate samples. 

 <AII English sole were larger than 160 mm TL. 



Table 2.— Characteristics of transects and samples of English sole 

 during 1984. 



'Locations of transects are presented in Figure 1. 

 ^Number of stations used to calculate mean percent fine-grained sediment 

 at each transect is given in parentheses. 

 'All English sole were larger than 225 mm TL. 



Z 



g 



I- 



o 



Q. 



o 



DC 

 Q. 



LU 



Figure 2.— Comparison of percent fine-grained sediment and male 

 proportion of English sole populations using Spearman's rank 

 correlation coefficient (rj. *• = P < 0.01, *** = P < 0.001. 



20 



40 



60 



80 



100 



20 40 



60 80 100 



PERCENT FINE-GRAINED 

 SEDIMENT 



520 



