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775 



DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN 



Figure 6 



Larval rockfish abundance (per 10 m 2 ) at five stations along 

 an onshore— offshore transect, Davenport, California. Each 

 point is the average of 3 replicate? ™ "ept for 2 tows made at 

 the 7 km station on 2 December ' 'J^i and single tows made 

 at two offshore stations in May 1992; error bars = 1 SE. 

 (A) 2 December 1991-16 June 1992; (B) 29 January-6 April 1993. 



20-, 



15 



10 



1992 larvae 

 n=820 



-Pft- 



ik. 



hrfVn 



DEC | JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY 



1992 juveniles 

 n= 107 



.10 -, 

 30- 

 20 



1i) 

 



LI 



DEC | JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY 



25 



20 

 15 

 10 



5 



30 



20 



10 







1 993 larvae 

 n=515 



HUl 



JAN I FEB | MAR | APR I MAY 



1993 juveniles 

 n= 1.355 



JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY 



Figure 7 



Hatch date distributions for shortbelly rockfish, Sebastesjordani, estimated from age of larvae col- 

 lected January-April 1992 and 1993 and from age of juveniles collected June 1992 and May-July 

 1993. 



