Adult sand lance were found in the trawl collections In the winter 

 (January - March) during their spawning season (Table 2) . Larvae were 

 in the plankton samples during this time as well. Young-of-the-year 

 sand lance were found in the shore zone July through October where they 

 were caught in seines. Harmonic regressions of larval data seemed to 

 accurately model fluctuations. Most of the 1983 data fell well within 

 the 95% confidence intervals showing no change over time. 



Anchoa spp . , anchovies 



Two anchovies, the bay anchovy (Anchoa mitchilli ) and the striped 

 anchovy ( Anchoa hepsetus) , have been collected in the waters off 

 Millstone Point. The bay anchovy was by far the most common of the two 

 species and made up over 99% of all anchovies collected. 



Ichthyoplankton was comprised largely of anchovies; their larvae 

 ranked first and eggs ranked third (Table 1) . While anchovies ranked 

 fifth in impingement during the 1977-1982 period (NUSCo 1983b) they 

 ranked second in the 1977-1983 period due to a 90% increase in 1983 (Fig. 4) 



tee - 



88 



6e - 



4e - 



20 - 



77 



78 



79 



80 



8t 



82 



83 



Figure A. Annual percents of all Anchoa spp. impinged. 



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