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assemblage 



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•//. Mid 



 Outer 



Inner Mid Outer 

 Station group 



Inner Mid Outer 

 Station group 



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Figure 6 



abundance of taxa in larval assemblages associated with each station group 

 mid-, and outer-shelf) in (A) spring, (B) summer, (C) fall, and (D) winter. 



pattern in the larval community was revealed. Physical 

 data delineated four water masses (Fig. 3). Larval fish 

 assemblages differentiated only three of these water 

 masses. Stations associated with inner-shelf water (the 



inshoremost water mass) and mid-shelf-Gulf Stream 

 mixed water (the offshoremost water mass) formed dis- 

 tinct groups in the ordination of larval community data 

 (Fig. 9). Stations associated with mid-shelf water also 



