LEIGHTON: EARLY GROWTH OF THE ABALONE 



1962). The evidence from this study suggests 

 the assumption of uniform growth within a pop- 

 ulation of juvenile Haliotis is untenable and that 

 conclusions regarding settlement date estimated 

 from sizes of members of a sample must be 

 drawn cautiously. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



This study was carried out under Sea Grant 

 No. GH-52 to the University of California, San 

 Diego, using aquarium facilities at the National 

 Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries 

 Center, La Jolla. I wish to thank Dr. Reuben 

 Lasker for his advice and criticism of the man- 

 uscript. 



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