SUr'flMARY OF FINDINGS 



E X ami n 

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 could 

 1 976. 

 of one 

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 the DC 

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 ij e I a t i 

 un i ce I 

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 C e rien 

 number 

 little 

 p opu la 

 these 

 bee ome 

 s i ghte 

 they c 

 in Ne 

 that a 

 likely 

 f i shi n 

 remain 



a t i o n 

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 cl on 

 In 



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 thus 

 s i n 

 or 

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area 



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at o 



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 fall 

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 edu c t 

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 the 

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ex i 

 una i 



bg re 

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of C. 



S CO 



s hed 

 hes e 

 te th 

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 thes 

 t th 

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an o 

 gent 

 ng n 

 1975 



the 

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 ou I i 

 al 

 dur i 

 st en 

 n sm 

 aiis 

 s . 

 fish 



bor 

 nt i n 



i n 

 are 

 ei r 



wa 

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as 

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us s 

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 et s 

 and 

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 of f 

 nq o 

 c-a 



ng i 

 ce 

 all 



tu 

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 ing 

 ea I i 

 ue 



the 

 seas 

 life 

 ters 

 nu la 

 will 

 a re 

 eve I 



amp I 

 nd i c 

 were 

 win 

 hone 

 i sh i 

 f ne 



ts~r 

 as 



numb 

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 use 



had 

 s wa 

 to 



ne 

 ona I 



eye 



an 



t i on 



be 

 suit 

 s . 



es a 

 ated 



not 

 te r 

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 ng i 

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 oc^s 

 ep ro 

 the 

 em 



a m 

 of i 



occ 

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 be f 

 ts . 



and 

 les . 

 d th 

 s w a 

 any 



of 



nd CO 

 that 

 unus 

 1976 t 

 e tJano 

 n coas 

 as ca 

 tis e 

 due t iv/ 



water 

 ent ang 

 ate r i a 

 nc reas 

 ur red 

 eater 

 i s h e d /• 

 S ma I 



their 



Each 



ere is 



s abno 



s i gnif 



their 



nve rs 



ge la 



ua I Ly 



he un 



EJa £ 

 tal w 

 used 

 gu che 

 e pha 

 s wa 

 led 

 I oft 

 ed fi 

 in re 

 than 



f ewe 



I hy 



numb 



orga 



no i 



r ma I I 



i cant 



pre 



at ions w 

 t inous or 

 abundan 

 usua I ly h 

 ara/^ was 

 at ers . I 

 by seve 



sex re sum 

 rm; the 

 in Phaeo 

 en brough 

 sh ing in 

 cent year 

 u sua I ly o 

 r and few 

 dromedusa 

 ers s hou I 

 n i sm cite 

 ndi eat 1 on 

 y abundan 



adve r se 

 s e n c e if 



ith 

 gani 

 t i 

 eavy 

 re 

 n sp 

 ral 

 e lop 

 i ng 

 s i ph 

 c^st 

 t up 

 are 



Sr t 



bse r 

 er t 

 e w 

 d di 

 d i s 



at 

 t /• n 

 i mpa 

 po 



the Ne J 

 sms which 

 n spring 



swa rmi ng 

 sponsi b le 

 ring 1976 



separate 

 ed in a 

 a mot i le 

 onopho rer 

 is; and 



i n sma 1 1 

 as where 

 he bottom 

 ved. As 

 ubes will 

 ere also 

 minish as 



resident 

 this time 

 or is it 

 et on the 

 pu lat ions 



LITERATURE CITED 



ROGERS/ C. A. 



19 7Cj. Impact of autumn-winter s*<arminy of a siphonophore 

 ("lipo") on fishing in coastal waters of New England. In 

 J. P. Gouletx Jr. and E. l; . Haynes (editors)x Ocean vari- 

 ability: Effects on U.S. marine fishery resources - 1975/ 

 p. 3 33-55 0. U.S. Dep- Commer./ NCAA Tech. Rep. NISFS Circ. 

 41o . 



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