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 for line 118.5 on cruises 

 5608 and 5609. 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) . Ship 

 codes are as follows: BD, Black Douglas ; SB, Spencer 

 F. Baird; HO, Horizon; OR, Orca; PT, Paolina T; ST, 

 Stranger . 



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

 taxa taken during 1956 in ranked order. 



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

 taken during 1956 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 during a 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 

 1960. Taxa are listed in the same order as in Table 4. 



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

 during 1956. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



Elbert Ahlstrom, Lois Hunter, and David Kramer originally 

 identified larvae from CalCOFI cruises of 1956. Ronald Whyte 

 and Douglas Hammond coded each larval fish taxon or type and Rita 

 Ford entered them into the computer. Debby Snow efficiently 

 assisted in all aspects of data editing and retrieval. Cindy 



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