EXPLANATION OF TA3LES 



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

 tow data for 1968, 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 2-4). 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. 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: JD, 

 David Starr Jordan; HO, Horizon 



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

 taxa taken during 1968 in ranked order. 



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

 taken during 1968 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. 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 1961 to 

 1969. Taxa are listed in the same order as in Table 4. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



The senior author originally identified larvae from 

 CalCOFI cruises of 1968. Ronald Whyte 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. Larry Zins 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 



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