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Figure 10 



Length frequencies of larvae of the 10 most abundant taxa taken in MESSHAI (A and D-Li. iB) oblique bongo, 

 and (Cl Manta tows on Cruise 8003-EB. (A-C) Engraulis mordax; day (shaded! and night (solid) are shown for 

 Manta tows; (Dl Leuroglossus stilhtus: (El Genyonemus lineatus; (F) Stenobrachius leucopsanis: (Gl Sebastes 

 spp.; (H) Seriphiis politus; (II Pepnlus simillnniis; (Jl Paralichthys californicus; (Kl Cithanchthys spp.; (L) 

 Merluccius productus. In A-C, bars represent 0.5-mm size classes; in D-L, bars represent the midpoints of 

 1.0-mm size classes. 



poststorm samples from the surface to 30 m (Fig. 13, E 

 and F). Individual tows showed a sharp increase in lar- 

 val density immediately following the storm, peaking 



2 days after the storm and declining to prestorm levels 



3 days after the storm (Fig. 13, C and D). 



Stenobrachius leucopsarus larvae Lai-vae of north- 

 ern lampfish occurred throughout the water column 

 to 200 m depth at the inshore station, with highest 

 average densities in the 20-30 m and 30-40 m strata 

 (Fig. 14, A and B ). Average densities were greater at 



the inshore station than at the offshore station. In 

 deep MESSHAI tows taken at the offshore station, 

 average density was greatest in the 40-80 m stra- 

 tum; larvae were absent between 80 and 160 m. At 

 the inshore station, maximum prestorm larval den- 

 sities were in the 0-40 m and 40-80 m strata; in 

 poststorm samples, densities were highest at 0-40 m 

 ( Fig. 14E ). The center of distribution of larval densi- 

 ties from shallow MESSHAI tows shifted upward 

 from 30-40 m in prestorm samples to 20-30 m in 

 poststorm samples (Fig. 14F). Individual deep 



