Larval liparids were relatively abundant and widespread in 1990; however, most of the liparid catch (291 fish) was obtained at one station in the east sector during the late period.
Year Species Frequency of occurrence at stations CPUE Mean (1) 1988 Capelin 5/41 6 9.0 Arctic cod 17/41 1 3.9 1990 Arctic cod 28/37 19 6.6 Capelin 10/37 1 1.9 Arctic cisco 18/37 7.4 Liparid larvae 19/37 6.8 1991 Capelin 19/48 3 0.0 Arctic cod 26/48 6.6 Liparid larvae 14/48 0.5 [Part 2 of 2] TABLE 4.
Arctic cod, capelin, and liparids were the most abundant marine fishes in the catches, while arctic cisco was the only abundant diadromous freshwater species.
Liparids were assumed to be age-0 on the basis of their occurrence in the plankton and their size (see Able et al., 1986).
Capelin were most aggregated (smallest k), followed by arctic cod, liparids, and arctic cisco.
Age-0 liparids were significantly larger in 1990 than in either 1988 or 1991 (Kruskal-Wallis test: H = 12.06, df = 2, p < 0.001); multiple comparisons tests: Q = 14 and 9.95, Qc
Arctic cod, age-0 capelin, liparids showed an apparent affinity for comparatively cool (> 1 - 3[degrees]C), moderately saline (> 15 - 20 psu) waters.
Age-0 liparids also were well represented in the 1988 tow net catch, while the seine captured none.
Liparids: Age-0 liparids, associated primarily with relatively saline marine water, are fairly abundant in the epipelagic fish community.
Sectors Species Year East West U or U' Uc (2) Arctic cod 1988 2.4 (16) (1) 21.3 (25) - - 1990 197.4 (21) 206.0 (16) 177 233 1991 0 (15) 8.2 (33) - - Capelin 1988 41.9 (16) 86.2 (25) - - 1990 3.4 (21) 23.8 (16) - - 1991 0.3 (15) 41.8 (33) - - Liparids 1990 8.5 (21) 4.7 (16) - - Arctic cisco 1990 1.0 (21) 15.2 (16) - - [Part 2 of 2] TABLE 5.
Year 1990 1991 Number of tows 76 95 Volume filtered (m3) 295 510 349 820 Species Densities (no1000 m-3) (1) All 57.8 10.3 Arctic cod 50.6 1.8 Capelin (2) 3.1 8.2 Liparids (2) 1.8 0.1 Arctic cisco (2) 1.9 0 (1) Means are based on the number of tow net catches divided by total volume filtered each summer.
Fork length (mm) Species Age Year Mean SD Range N (1) Source (2) Arctic cod 0 1988 26 2 22-32 57 1(3) 24 3 12-36 1020 2(4) 1990 42 6 21-59 1492 1 1991 29 5 12-58 440 1 >=1 1988 83 10 61-143 436 1 90 15 55-172 304 2 1990 87 15 60-167 318 1 1991 78 15 60-133 56 1 Capelin 0 1988 62 8 40-80 542 1 61 7 28-82 480 2 1990 64 12 41-105 183 1 1991 62 5 26-76 1086 1 Liparids 0 1988 18 3 10-28 135 2 1990 26 4 17-41 72 1 1991 18 3 10-29 43 1 Arctic cisco 0 1990 77 9 51-123 559 1 (1) N is the aggregate number of measurements.
