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K =0.09 



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Fig. 23. A simulation illustrating the efTect of difTerent Gompcrtz k parameter values with constant a and p 

 values on the shape of larval abundance curves. 



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R = 25.15 - 218.24 AT 

 r 2 = 0.80 

 p = 0.001 



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Fig. 24. The relationship between the k parameter of the Gompertz function for entrained winter flounder 

 larvae and the age 3 recruitment index lagged 3 years with the fitted regression line. 



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