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well-defined currents, such as the California 

 Countercurrent, can produce major changes in 

 larval distribution, and consequently may affect lar- 

 val survival. The effect of offshore directed Ekman 

 transport on the larval population depends on the 

 areal extent of northern anchovy spawning, and the 

 spatial distribution of any changes in wind stress 

 and subsequent Ekman transport; an increase in 

 Ekman transport in both the inshore and offshore 

 regions will act together to produce maximum off- 

 shore dispersal. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



This work was done while the author held a Na- 

 tional Research Council Research Associateship. I 

 thank Reuben Lasker and John Hunter for their 

 hospitality and advice, as well as for the opportu- 

 nity to conduct this research. Larry Eber and Craig 

 Nelson were instrumental in providing dynamic 

 height and wind speed data, without which this work 

 could not have been done. I also thank Andy Bakun, 

 Roger Hewitt, Ron Lynn, Alec MacCall, Rick 

 Methot, Bob Owen, Dick Parrish, and Paul Smith 

 for their stimulating discussions, advice, and review 

 of this work. This manuscript was revised while the 

 author held a CIMAS (Cooperative Institute for 

 Marine and Atmospheric Sciences) postdoctoral 

 fellowship at the University of Miami, and this sup- 

 port is gratefully acknowledged. 



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