eight species--P. minutus , C. typicus , T. 

 longicornis , O. similis , and T, discaudatus -- 

 declined in abundance fronn west to east. 

 Three species had different patterns of sea- 

 sonal and areal occurrence: in the fall C. 



finmarchicus was nnost numerous in the cen- 

 tral area; in winter M. lucens was found in 

 greatest numbers in the eastern area; and in 

 summer A. longiremis increased in numbers 

 from west to east (fig. 5). 



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Figure 5. — Seasonal variations of dominant copepods by Gulf of Maine coastal areas for 1963 and 1964. 



