Table 16. Growth and mortality calculations for Juvenile winter flouade 

 taken at station LR in the Nlantlc River during 1983. 



Parameter Valu 



Asymtotlc 95Z CT 



82 mm 7H-86 mm 



0.11 (weekly units) 0.10-0.12 

 0.47 0.15-0.80 



Mortality 



Slope of InCnumber of fish >speclflc length Interval) 

 vs ln(La,- specific length) - 1.912A 



K - -.11065 



Slope - Z/K so Z - 0.21157 



, , , , (-Z)(52) 

 Annual survival - e 



Dally survival 



Dally mortality - 2.97% 



- 0.0000167 



(-Z/7) 



monthly survival of 40.3%, and lower than the monthly survival of 69% 

 reported by Pearcy (1962). Our estimate may have included a component 

 of emigration if off-station movement of large individuals occurred. 



Impingement 



The estimated impingement of winter flounder at MNPS during 1982-83 

 (10,769) was the second highest annual total for the 11-year period 

 examined (Table 17). However, this large number of impinged winter 



Tabic 17. EstlMC*d 



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