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Figure S 
Ratios of larval abundance observed in nets with 0.202-mm mesh to larval abundance 
observed in nets with 0.333-mm mesh, by body length, for larvae of Engraulidae, Clu- 
peidae, Scombridae, Sciaenidae, and Lutjanidae. The solid and dashed lines represent 
modeled ratios of larval abundance that represent how many larvae were extruded 
from the coarser-mesh net (power and exponential functional relationships, respec¬ 
tively). The thin, horizontal line represents 1:1 ratios of total larval abundance or the 
point at which the finer- and coarser-mesh nets retained the same number of larvae 
at subsequent size classes. 
maximized sampling in the same patch of larvae over 
a period of hours (Lyczkowski-Shultz et al. 5 ). However, 
5 Lyczkowski-Shultz, J., J. P. Steen Jr., and B. H. Comyns. 
1988. Early life history of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) 
in the northcentral Gulf of Mexico. Miss.-Ala. Sea Grant 
Consort., Tech. Rep. MASGP-88-013, 126 p. [Available from 
website.] 
in the Hernandez et al. (2011) and the current study, 
samples were collected without consideration of taxon- 
specific spawning seasons, and no attempt was made 
to remain in a defined water mass. The discrepancy 
in the findings for Sciaenidae between Comyns (1997) 
and Hernandez et al. (2011) was attributed by Hernan¬ 
dez et al. (2011) to gear differences—the larger mouth 
