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Figure 2. - Numbers of recently settled postiarval grunts observed on the individual census sites located in the shallows along the backreef of 

 Tague Bay barrier reef. The three upper graphs represent the recruitment of PL- I's to specific sites?, 11, and 14. Numbers in parentheses to 

 the right of the hyphens indicate on how many sites a similar seasonal pattern of settlement was observed. Three of the 20 census sites were 

 like 7 or 14, but also recruited grunts in summer ( not shown). The lower graph represents the pooie<l data from all 20 sites. Values for census 

 gaps have been estimated by calculating running averages (open bars). Numbers indicate the weaker but definitive weekly influxes of post- 

 larvae. Additional weekly peaks probably occur but are less certain. Note the bimodal seasonal increase in recruitment during May-June and 

 October-November: This coincides with the modal and bimodal peaks in gonadal development of several Caribbean reef species (Munro et al. 

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