Contents 



FISH nCOLOGY 1 



IN'IRODUCTION 1 



MATERIALS AND MEIHODS 4 



Ichthyoplankton program 4 



Impingement program 8 



Trawl program 10 



Seine program 12 



Data handling 16 



Time-series analysis 18 



RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 20 



Ichthyoplankton 21 



Impingement 26 



Trawls 27 



Seines 28 



Selected species 30 



Ammodytes americanus, American sand lance 30 



Anchoa spp., anchovies 32 



Gasterosteux spp., sticklebacks 36 



Menidia spp., silvcrsides 38 



Microgadus lomcod, Atlantic tomcod 39 



Myoxocephabis aenaeus, grubby 44 



Tautoga onilis, tautog 46 



Tautogolahrux adspersus, cunncr 51 



C:ONCLL'SIONS 56 



SUMMARY 57 • 



REFERENCES CITED 58 



AFPENDIX 68 



