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LAVANIEGOS-ESPEJO ET AL.: EL NINO EFFECTS ON GULF OF CALIFORNIA EUPHAUSIIDS<br />

ColCOFl Rep., <strong>Vol</strong>. <strong>30</strong>,<strong>1989</strong><br />

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calyptopis larvae versus surface<br />

temperature.<br />

Therefore, the springs of 1957 and 1984 can be considered<br />

as transition states - to a warm period in<br />

1957 and to a cool period in 1984. This generally<br />

corresponds to conditions reported for the <strong>California</strong><br />

Current, where longer time series are available<br />

(Bernall981; Brinton and Reid 1986).<br />

Increased tropical characteristics of gulf water in<br />

1983 were associated with surprisingly indistinct<br />

differences in abundance and reproduction of the<br />

dominant, widespread species (Nyctiphanes simplex)<br />

compared with 1984, although there are suggestions<br />

of possible differences in abundances of calyptopes<br />

and postlarvae (table 2). However, those tropical<br />

waters seem to be related to an increased 1983 pres-<br />

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