MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT 



Figure 19. Weekly mean CPUE (± 2 standard errors) for 

 juvenile winter flounder taken at station 

 CH in the Niantic River during 1983. 



Growth 



Standard lengths of many juveniles taken early in the study were 

 converted to' total lengths by the relationship: 



SL = 0.007 + 1.206(TL) (n=305, r2=0.99) 



Growth of juveniles was examined by observing changes in weekly mean 

 length at the lower river station (Fig. 20) . Weekly mean lengths at LR 

 increased fairly rapidly until early August when growth slowed and in 

 September when no further increases were seen. Relatively little 

 variability was seen in the length distributions. Although two to three 

 modes were usually observed in weekly length-frequency distributions, 

 the modes were close together and lengths were clustered about them. 



Length data at CO were more variable than at LR. Probably two or 

 three cohorts were also present at CO with greater spread about the modes, 

 The smallest group contained most of the specimens and was joined by one 



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