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Figure 184 

 Geographic distribution of Decapoda: A — number of specimens per square 

 bottom; B — biomass in grams per square meter of bottom. 



meter of 



biomass, mostly in inshore regions near Cape Cod and 

 Long Island. One small area of moderately high biom- 

 ass (50-65 g/irr) occurred on the southeast part of 

 Georges Bank. 



Decapods occurred in five of the six standard geo- 

 graphic areas; they were absent only in the Georges 



Slope area. Highest average density (22/m 2 ) occurred 

 on Georges Bank followed by significantly lower densi- 

 ties on the Southern New England Shelf and off Nova 

 Scotia (9 and 2/m 2 , respectively). Density was below 1/ 

 m 2 in the Gulf of Maine and on the Southern New 

 England Slope (Table 6; Fig. 185). 



