Sogard et al.: Early life history of Tautogs onitis in the Mid-Atlantic Bight 



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N 44 



76 74 



Tautoga onitis 



July 

 Larvae / 10 m' 





 .1-10 



11-100 

 101-1000 



//KK 



\ 44 



: -f 44. 



Figure 2 



Average monthly distributions of Tautoga onitis larvae based on 11 years (1977-87) of sampling in the Mid-Atlantic Bight. Density 

 calculations are based on collections within 1 km' blocks. 



the desired substrate, with all animals subsequently 

 removed with aim wide net scraped across the bot- 

 tom substrate. All throw-trap sampling was conducted 

 at low tide in shallow (<0.5m at low tide) vegetated 

 and unvegetated habitats. Further details on the throw- 

 trap method and sampling schedule are presented in 



Sogard and Able (1991). Additional length data were 

 obtained from tautog collected with throw traps from 

 artificial seagrass habitats on a shallow sandflat in 

 Great Bay (Sogard 1990). 



Tautog in deeper waters (1-8 m) of the Great Bay- 

 Little Egg Harbor estuarine system were collected 



