Mean otolith-derived (a) larval growth, (b) pelagic larval duration (PLD), (c) size-at-settlement, and (d) early (2 d) juvenile growth of <i>Stegastes partitus</i> settlement-stage larvae (dark gray bars), recruits (1–10 d post-settlement; light gray bars), and juveniles (11–28 d; white bars) by size of light trap pulse (larvae) and size of settlement event (recruits/juveniles).

<p>Effects of temperature and lunar phase were minimized by including only individuals from cohorts that encountered mean water temperatures of >28°C and settled during the darker half of the lunar cycle. Error bars are SE. Different letters above the bars indicate significant differences among age groups, within events of a given size. Different letters within the bars indicate significant differences between small and large events, within age groups (capital A, B denote differences within larvae, lowercase a, b denote differences within 1–10 d old recruits, lowercase x, y denote differences within 11–28 d old juveniles). Settlement-stage larvae are not included in the last panel because they had not yet settled so did not exhibit juvenile growth.