Fish Larvae Response to Biophysical Changes in the Gulf of California, Mexico (Winter-Summer)

Table 1

Larval abundance by faunistic affinity and habitat registered in the Gulf of California, Mexico (winter and summer of 2005 and 2007). Values are given as the average of winter (January 2007 and March 2005) and summer (July 2007 and September 2005) cruises.

	Winter	Summer
Larval abundance
Average per sample (larvae 10 m^−2)	1064	4273
Faunistic affinity (%)
Temperate	7.5	1.8
Tropical	41.8	55.5
Subtropical	49.2	40
Wide distribution	1.5	2.7
Habitat (%)
Mesopelagic	17.1	6.1
Coastal-pelagic	12.2	20.9
Oceanic-pelagic	2.4	6.8
Shallow-demersal	56.1	60.1
Deep-demersal	6.1	2.7
Bathypelagic	6.1	3.4