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Stenobrachius leucopsarus larvae (no./lOOO ni ') in MESSHAI tows. Average from (A) deep and 

 iBi shallow tows at inshore Isolid) and offshore (shadedi stations; (C) densities in 0-200 m stra- 

 tum (average of pooled 40-m strata) from sequential deep tows at inshore station; (Dl densities 

 in 0-40 m stratum (average of pooled 10-m strata) from sequential shallow tows at inshore sta- 

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

 and after storm (hatchingl. 



Citharichthys spp. larvae Sanddab larvae were 

 taken primarily in the upper 50 m of the water col- 

 umn at the inshore station ( Fig. 19, A and B ). In shal- 

 low MESSHAI tows, peak average density was in the 

 upper 10 m. Poststorm samples contributed most of 

 the larvae (Fig. 19, C-F). A few larvae appeared spo- 

 radically in tows taken before the storm; following 

 the storm there was a steady increase in larval den- 

 sity and then a sharp decline by the second day after 

 the storm (Fig. 19, C and D). The distribution was 



shifted upward by approximately 20 m in poststorm 

 samples (Fig. 19F). 



Merluccius productus larvae Hake larvae were taken 

 in deep MESSHAI tows in the 40-80 and 80-120 m 

 strata; average densities were similar in inshore and 

 offshore samples (Fig. 20A). Larvae occurred in shal- 

 low MESSHAI tows only at the inshore station and were 

 taken as shallow as 10-20 m ( Fig. 20B ). After the storm 

 only one deep MESSHAI tow was positive, but for shal- 



