EXPLANATION OF TABLES 



Table 1 - This table lists by cruise the pertinent station and 

 tow data for 1959, the volume of water filtered and 

 standard haul factor for each tow, the percent of 

 sample sorted, and the total numbers of fish eggs and 

 larvae. CalCOFI cruises are designated by four digits; 

 the first two indicate the year and the second two the 

 month. Within each cruise the data are listed in order 

 of increasing line and station number (southerly and 

 seaward directions) ; the order of station occupancy is 

 shown on the station charts (Figures 2-13) . Stations 

 are designated by two groups of digits; the first set 

 indicates the line and decimal fraction and the second 

 set indicates the station on the line. Decimal 

 fractions were used only on Cruise 5909. Time is 

 listed as Pacific Standard Time at the start of each 

 tow in 24-hour designation. Methods for determining 

 tow depth, volume of water strained, standard haul 

 factor, and percent sorted were described in the 

 methods section. The values for total fish eggs and 

 larvae represent raw counts (unadjusted for percent 

 sorted or standard haul factor) . The total egg number 

 for station 73.51, Cruise 5902, >99,990, indicates that 

 an estimated number of approximately 100,000 was 

 arrived at by counting an aliquot. Ship codes are as 

 follows: BD, Black Douglas; SB, Spencer F. Baird; HO, 

 Horizon; OR, Orca; PT, Paolina T; HS , Hugh M. Smith; 

 ST, Stranger. 



Table 2 - This table lists pooled occurrences of all larval fish 

 taxa taken during 19 59 in ranked order. 



Table 3 - This table lists pooled counts of all larval fish taxa 

 taken during 1959 in ranked order. Numbers are 

 adjusted for percent sorted and standard haul factors. 



Table 4 - This table gives numbers of fish larvae for each taxon, 

 listed by station and calendar month in which the tow 

 was taken. Counts are adjusted for percent of sample 

 sorted and standard haul factor. Average values are 

 given for stations occupied more than once during a 

 month. See Table 1 for station and tow data and Table 

 6 for listing of stations with multiple occupancies 

 during a month. Multiple occupancies occurred when a 

 station was occupied more than once in the same 

 calendar 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 1951 to 



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