Contents 



Winter Flounder Studies 149 



Introduction 149 



Materials and Methods 150 



Adult and juvenile studies 150 



larval studies 154 



I'ost-larval young-of-thc-ycar studies 157 



Impingement of winter flounder at MNPS 157 



Results and Discussion 158 



Adult and juvenile studies 158 



Abundance of winter flounder near Millstone 158 



Regional and historical trends in abundance 164 



Reproduction 170 



Stock and recruitment 172 



larval studies 177 



Abundance and distribution 177 



F-ntrainment of larvae at MNPS 183 



Growth 187 



Mortality 197 



Post-larval young-of-thc-ycar studies 197 



Abundance 197 



Growth 198 



Mortality 203 



Impingement of winter flounder at MNPS 207 



Impact assessment 207 



Approaches to impact assessment 207 



larval dispersal and entrainmcnt model 208 



Population dynamics model 210 



I-ong-tcrm impact assessment 211 



Conclusions 213 



Summary 216 



References Cited 218 



Frratum 224 



