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changes in salinity. However, the euryhaline 

 properties of the eggs insure successful incuba- 

 tion and larval development in a constantly vary- 

 ing salinity environment. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



I thank John Green and Geoffrey C. Laurence 

 for their review of the manuscript, and Geoffrey 

 C. Laurence for his assistance on the statistical 

 analyses. Technical assistance given by Thomas 

 Halavik and Alphonse Smigielski is gratefully 

 acknowledged. The illustrations were prepared 

 by Merrie Marsh and Lianne Armstrong. 



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