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Table 4 
Length-frequency distributions of the more abundant larval fishes collected in Penobscot Bay in 1997 and 1998; and results of the 
Kolmogorov-Smirnov two-sample test (P<0.05). 
Notochord or standard length (mm) 
Year and species Cruise n 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 >10 Mean KS test 
1997 
U. subbifurcata I 0 
II 0 
III 0 
IV 
8 
2 
6 
6.8 
VII>VI 
V 
21 
1 
9 
11 
6.5 
VI 
54 
4 
31 
17 
2 
6.3 
VII 
119 
25 
44 
28 
10 
8 
3 
1 
6.5 
P. gunnellus 1 
I 
20 
2 
8 
7 
2 
1 
14.6 
III>I,H 
II 
14 
2 
1 
3 
1 
2 
1 
2 
2 
16.5 
III 
6 
1 
1 
4 
20.3 
IV 
1 
1 
25.0 
V 
1 
1 
14.0 
VI 
1 
1 
13.0 
VII 
0 
C. maculatus 1 
I 
12 
2 
1 
4 
5 
20.4 
ns 
II 
10 
3 
7 
22.1 
III 
0 
IV 
1 
1 
38.0 
V 
0 
VI 
0 
VII 
0 
Ammodytes sp. 
I 
7 
1 
2 
2 
2 
9.0 
V>II,III 
II 
94 
1 
4 
12 
15 
11 
18 
16 
17 
8.6 
III 
44 
1 
1 
4 
8 
10 
7 
13 
9.7 
IV 
4 
1 
1 
2 
12.0 
V 
2 
2 
36.5 
VI 
0 
VII 
0 
H. americanus 1 
I 
10 
2 
6 
1 
1 
14.1 
rv>i,n 
II 
11 
1 
2 
3 
2 
1 
2 
15.8 
III 
3 
1 
1 
1 
18.3 
IV 
3 
3 
21.7 
V 
1 
1 
23.0 
VI 
1 
1 
14.0 
VII 
0 
L. atlanticus 
I 
0 
II 
3 
1 
2 
4.7 
II>VI 
III 
11 
7 
3 
1 
4.5 
IV 
10 
3 
7 
3.7 
V 
18 
8 
8 
2 
3.7 
VI 
17 
10 
5 
2 
3.5 
VII 
21 
1 9 
8 
2 
1 
3.7 
P. americanus 
I 
0 
II 
1 
1 
2.0 
VII>IV 
III 
18 
1 11 
6 
3.3 
IV 
24 
1 9 
14 
3.5 
continued 
