TABLE OF CONTEOTS 



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Area covered, 1957 3 



Methods of szimpling 5 



Abundance of fish larvae inll957 5 



Record of standardized haul factors for oblique hauls made 



with plankton nets during cruises 5701-5712 8 



Record of sardine eggs, 1957 18 



Record of sardine larvae, 1957 27 



Record of anchovy larvae, 1957 37 



Record of the larvae of the jack mackerel ( Trachurus symmetri - 



cus), 1957 59 



Record of the larvae of the Pacific mackerel ( Pneumatopho rus 



diego), 1957 73 



Record of the larvae of the hake ( Merluccius productus ), 1957 . 79 



Record of the larvae of rockfish ( Sebastodes spp.), 1957 .... 89 



Literature cited 98 



FIGURES 



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1. Station plan, 1957, of the California Cooperative Oceanic 



Fisheries Investigations 2 



2. Sardine eggs, 1957: Distribution and relative abundance . . 20 



3. Sardine larvae, 1957: Distribution and relative abundance . 26 



4. Anchovy larvae, 1957: Distribution and relative abundance . 36 



5. Jack mackerel larvae, 1957: Distribution and relative 



abundance 60 



6. Pacific mackerel larvae, 1957: Distribution and relative 



abundance 72 



7. Hake larvae, 1957: Distribution and relative abundance . . 78 



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