month; in some cases, multiple occupancies resulted 

 from separate cruises. The orders are listed in 

 "phylogenetic" sequence modified from Nelson (1984). 

 Subtaxa within each order are listed alphabetically. 

 Page numbers for each taxon are given in the index at 

 the end of the report. 



Table 5 - This table is a summary of pooled occurrences of all 

 larval fish taxa taken on CalCOFI surveys from 1972 to 

 1981. Taxa are listed in the same order as in Table 4. 



Table 6 - List of stations with multiple occupancies in one month 

 during 1972. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



Elizabeth Stevens, Elaine Sandknop, Susan D'Vincent, and 

 Connie Fey originally identified larvae from CalCOFI cruises 

 of 1972. Ronald Whyte coded each larval fish taxon or type and 

 Rita Ford entered them into the computer. Cindy Meyer and James 

 Ryan provided programming assistance. Dorothy Roll designed the 

 CalCOFI data acquisition system and provided data processing 

 support. Ken Raymond, Roy Allen, and Henry Orr helped with 

 graphics and production of the report. Lorraine Prescott 

 prepared the manuscript for printing. Paul Smith determined 

 statistical outliers, provided assistance during geographical 

 outlier checks and offered helpful suggestions throughout the 

 project. Izadore Barrett, Director of the Southwest Fisheries 

 Center provided support critical to the completion of the 

 project. James Thrailkill planned CalCOFI surveys and supervised 

 cruises, data handling, and plankton sorting from 1949 to 1986 

 and is largely responsible for the high quality of these 

 operations. Without the vision and direction of Elbert Ahlstrom 

 and Elton Sette and the dedicated efforts of the many people who 

 collected, processed, and analyzed the samples, this data base 

 would not exist. During the final stages of preparing this 

 report, Reuben Lasker succumbed to cancer. As Chief of the 

 Coastal Fisheries Resources Division, SWFC, his encouragement and 

 support for all of us involved in the sea surveys, sample 

 processing, and data base and report preparation were unwavering. 

 We dedicate this work to his memory. 



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