LOEB: VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF LARVAL FISHES 



definite seasonal changes in larval fish species 

 composition and abundance relations. As larval 

 depth distributions are apparently affected by 

 temperature distribution and mixed layer depth 

 (Ahlstrom 1959) spatial patterns in winter gyre 

 waters may be different from those portrayed 

 here. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



This work was supported by grants from the 

 Institute of Marine Resources of Scripps Institu- 

 tion of Oceanography and the Oceanic Biology 

 Program (Code 484) of the Office of Naval Re- 

 search. Ship time was in part supported by the 

 U.S. National Science Foundation and the Marine 

 Life Research Program of the State of California. I 

 greatly appreciate the assistance in larval fish 

 identification provided by E. H. Ahlstrom and 

 Betsy Stevens of the Southwest Fisheries Center, 

 National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, La 

 JoUa, Calif Special thanks go to Eric Shulen- 

 berger of the Office of Naval Research for his excel- 

 lent editorial advice. Thanks also to John A. 

 McGowan and R. H. Rosenblatt of Scripps Institu- 

 tion of Oceanography for their editorial sugges- 

 tions. 



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