JUL AUG 



MONTH 



Fig. 5. Cumulative percentage of moiling lobsters caught in preoperational (*= 1980-85) and 3-unit studies 

 (D= 1986-87) and the Gompertz growth function that was fitted to the 2-unit (— ) and 3-unit (- -) data. 



UJ 10.0 



S5 9-0 



17JUN 20JUN 23JUN 28JUN OIJUL 04JUL 



DATE OF PEAK MOLTING 



Fig. 6. Linear relationship between the date of peak molting (log b/k, from Gompertz growth function) and annual 

 mean May bottom water temperature at all stations 1980-87. 



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