TABLE 2.3

Total length ranges and means and age class composition of fishes and grass shrimp at Phillips Creek Marsh and Cattleshed Creek Marsh, June - August, 1991.

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Site                            n     TL range   mean TL   % sub-   % adult
                                        (mm)       (mm)    adult
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Phillips Creek (mainland)
    F. heteroclitus            404       6-35       11.9       96         4
    F. luciae                   29       9-24       14.4       97         3
    P. pugio                   763       6-25       11.3       76        24

Cattleshed Creek (back-barrier)
    F. heteroclitus            110       6-34       16.8       92         8
    F. luciae                    3      22-27       24.7        0       100
    P. pugio                   418       8-20       13.2       64        36
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