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Johnson).' The mean of the distribution is 

 5.57 kcal/g ash-free dry weight, the median is 

 5.74 and the mode is 5.80. We are continuing 

 to obtain caloric data on these and other species 

 throughout the year to determine whether the 

 frequency distribution of energy in organisms 

 from the Newport River estuary is continually 

 skewed left (Figure 2) or because of seasonal 

 variations follows some other pattern, such as 

 the normal distribution suggested by Paine 

 (1964). 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



We wish to thank the numerous individuals 

 at the Atlantic Estuarine Fisheries Center for 

 their assistance in the collection of organisms 

 and for their advice during the preparation of 

 this manuscript. Dr. Kenneth W. Cummins and 

 Dr. David G. Frey were helpful in the initial re- 

 view of the manuscript. 



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