Abstract
Studies of the spatial distribution of fish larvae in relation to variation in their abiotic environment at small spatial scales can yield insight into factors controlling their abundance at larger scales. Such responses appear to be focused at sharp environmental discontinuities, such as islands, facilitating isolation of effects of single factors. The results of the present investigation, while somewhat preliminary, describe the very uneven distributions of fish larvae found near the Hawaiian Islands and the apparent responses of larvae to three factors: water quality, turbidity and currents at the land-water interface. The latter two factors were found to obscure direct relationships between water quality and abundance of larvae. A postulate of active responses of larvae to these factors is suggested to account for the data.
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