Areas closer to the mouth of an embayment likely have a greater exchange of water
mass and therefore a greater supply of larvae than the innermost reaches of a bay
(Roughgarden et al., 1988; Gaines and Bertness, 1992). Our recruitment data from April
and May (Fig. 1) are consistent with this observation. The May data shows a striking
pattern of decreasing recruitment with distance from the mouth of Toothacher Cove.
(Fig. 1, see Table 2 for planned comparison of LO . LI . J4 . DR). We urge caution in
interpretation of the results as these four sites surely differ in numerous ways and we
have no data on the bulk flow of water in Toothacher Cove. Moreover, the sites also
vary in exposure and so the effects exposure and distance from the cove’s entrance
co-vary