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Figure 4 



Photomicrographs of C. nebulosus postovulatory follicles (POFs) showing chronology of atresia 

 at water temperatures >25°C. (A) 0-4 hours after spawning. (B) 5-8 hours after spawning. 

 <C) 9-12 hours after spawning, ID, E, F> 13-24 hours after spawning. 



Batch fecundity 



As expected, we found a significant difference in mean 

 BF among age classes (ANOVA on ranks, P<0.05). Age-1 



spotted seatrout produced an average of 145,452 oocytes 

 per hatch spawned. Fish aged 2 and 3 spawned an aver- 

 age of 291,123 and 529,976 oocytes per batch, respec- 

 tively. Therefore, mean BF was compared among months 



