SHANKS: SHOREWARD LARVAL TRANSPORT 



Table 1 — The density of larval fish and invertebrates (mean no. /1 00 m + SE) in the slicks (convergence zones) and ripples (divergence 

 zones) over internal waves and the relative concentration of these organisms in the slicks (i.e., the ratio of slicks/ripples) over internal 

 waves oriented parallel (data in upper section of table) and perpendicular (data in lower section of table) to shore. 



'Also included in this category are the data from 24 June (Tables 2 and 4). 



^he ratio of the abundance in the slick divided by the abundance in the rippled water. 



P < 0.5 Wilcoxon's two-sample test (Sokal and Rohlf 1969). 



Ocypoda spp. are abundant in neuston net tows 

 (Smyth 1980; Johnson 1985a). Juvenile filefish, 

 Monacanthus hispidus, are abundant in neuston 

 tows (Fahay 1975; Eldridge et al. 1977) and are com- 

 monly found associated with floating seaweeds 

 (Dooley 1972). Larval Hyporhamphus unifasciatus 

 and Hypsoblennius hentz are abundant in surface 



plankton tows (Fahay 1975; Eldridge et al. 1977; 

 Fritzsche 1978). Both their behavior (Breder and 

 Clark 1947) and abundance in neuston tows (Eld- 

 ridge et al. 1977) suggest that larval Sphoeroides 

 maculatus are also residents of the surface waters. 

 These results suggest that there is an assemblage 

 of larvae unique to the neuston and that tests of the 



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