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Table 2. Mean number of larvae m- 2
for the more common fish families, only stations with positive hauls considered. (Number of stations with positive hauls
in parenthesis; range =
lowest and highes concentrations m- 2
found in one subarea)
Subarea
II
III
IV
V
VI
No. of HLN stations
14
55
10
45
25
30
Clupeidae
6 (5)
2 (1)
0
5
(4)
3 (3)
15 (12)
range
0.5-19.7
0.1-19.7
0.8-1.5
0.8-116.8
Engraulidae
5(7)
2 (3)
0
5(7)
15(6)
5 (15)
range
0.5-1004
0.6-5.5
0.6-24.7
1.6-46.0
0.1-31.2
Gonostomidae
4 (8)
4(37)
8 (8)
5(35)
2 (10)
0
range
0.6-31.0
0.1-34.7
0.6-27.0
0.1-39.2
0.8-3.5
Synodidae
7(9)
3 (8)
0
1
(7)
3 (7)
6 (9)
~
range
0.6-50.0
0.1-21.0
0.5-1.6
0.8-11.6
0.8-18.3
Z
Sudidae
1 (7)
1 (14)
1 (2)
1 (8)
12 (24)
1 (2)
'" 0.6-4.6
0.5-4.0
0.6-1.3
0.6-4.3
0.8-60.3
0.8-104
r;;
~
Myctophidae
21 (14)
12 (53)
15 (9)
37 (41)
335 (25)
4(6)
range
0.6-237.0
0.6-79.0
0.6-58.3
0.6-528.0
2.1-1192.0
0.7-12.7
Bregmacerotidae
3 (8)
3 (31)
1 (3)
6(32)
4(9)
2 (21)
range
0.6-15.5
0.1-41.5
0.6-1.8
0.6-35.0
0.8-13.8
0.8-5.2
Serranidae
2 (7)
1 (9)
0
3
(4)
5(5)
3 (2)
range
0.6-3.3
0.3-3.9
0.5-6.1
0.8-704
2.3-5.9
Apogonidae
5(7)
1 (13)
0.6 (1)
3 (4)
6 (12)
3 (20)
range
0.6-12.3
0.6-2.8
0.6-1.7
0.8-18.5
0.1-18.7
Carangidae
12
(8)
1 (8)
0
1 (3)
4 (7)
3 (14)
range
0.6-54.2
0.5-3.1
0.6-1.5
0.8-16.3
0.8-14.8
Coryphaenidae
0.5 (2)
1 (11)
0
0.6 (2)
0
0
range
0.5
0.5-1.8
0.1-0.9