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Figure 10. -Distribution and abundance of Atlantic cod, Gadus 

 nwrhua, larvae off the eastern United States during the latter part 

 of the 1976-77 spawning season (redrawn from Smith et al. 1979). 

 The solid outline of the bottom topography is the 200 m contour. 

 The positions of warm core rings 76G, 77A, 77E. and 77H are 

 replotted from Experimental Ocean Frontal Analysis Charts pro- 

 duced by the U.S. Naval Oceanographie Office on 25 February' (a), 

 23 March (b), 27 April (c), and 25 May (d) in 1977. The dots on (10a) 

 show the sampling locations. 



MAY - JUNE 



larva* / 10 m surface area 



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1 1 - 10 \\\ 



10 1-500 :v.vV. 



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