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Fishery Bulletin 97(4), 1999 



Temperature (°C) 



■B 20 



~l — I — 1 — I — r 

 2 4 6 8 1012 



2 4 6 8 1012141618 



Chlorophyll-a ((ig/l) 



Figure 7 



Chlorophyll-a l^ig/l) and temperature i C) profiles at the inshore station on Cruise 

 8003-EB. Tow numbers are given for shallow MESSHAI tows from which tempera- 

 ture profiles were derived. 



net than in the MESSHAI tows (Fig. 10, A and B). 

 The length-frequency distribution of larvae captured 

 by the Manta net was bimodal, with peaks at 3.0 

 and 7.0 mm ( Fig. IOC ). For species other than north- 

 ern anchovy, length distributions generally were 

 similar for larvae caught in Manta and MESSHAI 

 nets. Exceptions were a sample of 38 Sebastes spp. 

 larvae captured in Manta net tow 18 (length range 



5.0-9.4 mm, average length 7.2 mm) and an 8.0 mm 

 presettlement Paralichthys californicits larva cap- 

 tured in Manta tow 31. 



Engraulis mordax larvae Anchovy larvae had a 

 shallow distribution, with approximately 90'7( of the 

 larvae in the upper 30 m ( Fig. 1 1, A and B ). In shal- 

 low strata, average larval density was greater at the 



