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Leuroglossus stilbius larvae (no./lOOO m-'i in MESSHAI tows. Average from lAi deep and (B) 

 shallow tows at inshore (solid) and offshore (shaded) stations; (C) densities in 0-200 m stratum 

 (average of pooled 40-m strata) from sequential deep tows at inshore station; (D) densities in 0- 

 40 m stratum (average of pooled 10-m strata) from sequential shallow tows at inshore station; 

 average from (E) deep and iF) shallow tows at inshore station before storm (cross-hatching) and 

 after storm (hatching). 



taken before the storm than those taken afterwards; 

 however, the disparity between average densities be- 

 fore and after the storm was due largely to several 

 prestorm tows with unusually high larval counts (Fig. 

 15, C-F). 



Seriphus politus larvae Queenfish larvae occurred 

 only at the inshore station, primarily in the upper 

 10 m of the water column (Fig. 16, A and B). At the 

 inshore station, larvae were virtually absent from 



tows taken before the storm; larval density increased 

 abruptly immediately following the storm, then sub- 

 sided to prestorm level within about two days after 

 the storm (Fig. 16, C-F). 



Peprilus simillimus larvae Larval Pacific pompano 

 occurred primarily in the upper 40 m, with highest 

 average densities in the upper 20 m of the water col- 

 umn (Fig. 17, A and B). Except for two tows at the 

 30-40 m stratum, larvae did not occur in offshore 



