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BIOLOGY OF THE ATLANTIC MACKEREL 185 The southern center shifted southward from off Delaware Bay (Cape May II) half way to the Chesapeake Capes (Winterquarter I) where it remained during the following cruise and possibly the next one also, though these stations were not visited on the fourth cruise. During the fifth cruise it was found farther north and seaward in the offing of the southern New Jersey coast (Atlantic City III and Cape May IV). Next it appeared to join the northern center and was apparent as a tongue extending from this center to the offing of the middle of the New Jersey coast (Atlantic City II). Thereafter its location apparently coincided with the northern center. During the time that the two centers were separate they moved in essentially -identical directions (fig. 15). Both moved southward from May 3 to May 22 and then northward until June 7, apparently under a common impulse. If the resultants of wind direction and force during the cruises be plotted, 16 as in figure 15, it is seen that the strong winds blew in essentially the same direction as the larvae moved, southerly until May 22 and then northerly until June 7. Obviously the wind, by drifting the surface water, was responsible for the transport of the larvae. After June 7, however, the movements of larvae did not correspond so closely with the movements of the wind (fig. 16) and must have been to some extent independent of them. Thus the movements of the population of mackerel larvae may be divided into two phases, an early passive phase and a later active phase. The break between the two came, as might be expected, when the larvae, at a length of 8-10 mm., developed fins (p. 171) and graduated from the larval state to the post-larval stage. The movements in the two stages will be considered in detail separately. During the passive phase, although the movements of the two centers of larvae are essentially similar and both correspond to that of the wind, there are minor differences worthy of note. The southern center was found at the same place on cruises II and III in spite of considerable sustained wind from the northeast and corresponding movement of the northern center in the interim between the cruises. Later there was the great shift of the southern center between cruises III and V without correspondingly great wind movement and without correspondingly great drift of the northern center. To some extent these discrepancies may be due to failure precisely to locate centers of distribution with the stations as far apart as of necessity they were. 16 But it is more likely that the peculiarity in the relation of the drifts of the northern and southern centers has a physical rather than statistical basis. The outstanding peculiarity was that the northern center traced a course in a southerly direction almost equal in distance to its return in a northerly direction (up to cruise VI) whereas the southern center moved southerly a much shorter distance and then returned northerly a much greater distance. Considering now the topographical features, it is noticeable that at the northern and middle portions of the area the continental shelf is broad and the water relatively deep, while at its southern end the shelf narrows sharply and the water is much shoaler. A water mass impelled by the wind could move in a southerly direction freely until it reached the narrow, shoal southerly end where it must either: (1) stream very rapidly through the "bottle neck" at the southern extremity; (2) turn out to sea; or (3) pile up temporarily. " Becords of the Wintcrquarter Lightship, 8 a. m. and 4 p. m., Including only those winds of force 3 (Beaufort Scale) or higher, were plotted In vcetnr diagrams to determine the resultants. " The true position of the northern center al the time of cruise III (fig. 13) was particularly uncertain. On the chart of movoment (fig. 16) It seemed logical to plot It at the center of gravity between the three northern stations with largest catches, that is, Atlantic City II, Cape May I, and Cape May III. but its true position most likely was between stations, there or elsewhere, and hence missed. This accounts also for the almost complete obliteration of mode 8 on this cruise, to which attention was earlier called In discussing progress of modes as Indicating growth.
186 FISHERY BULLETIN OF THE FISH AND "WILDLIFE SERVICE 44- - 43* - CAPE ELIZABETH BOON ISLAND NEWBURYPORT CAPE ANN BOSTON RACE POINT CAPE COD NAUSET CHATHAM MARTHA'S VINEYARD NANTUCKET SHOALS SOUTH CHANNEL WESTERN GEORGES ^-MONTAUK SHINNECOCK NEW YORK BARNEOAT ALANTIC CITY CAPE MAY FENWICK WINTERQUARTER CHESAPEAKE 74* 73* 72* 71* 70' .—Location ol stations occupied during the 9 cruises of 1932. 69« 68* 69- - 37* - 36* 33* 68«
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