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results are consistent with those obtained by Wickham and 

 Russell (1974). A similar result would occur if these FADs 

 had a predictable carrying capacity and recruitment was suf- 

 ficiently rapid that removal of the assemblage was followed 



by its replacement before the next observation. However, 

 assemblage sizes within treatments varied widely from one 

 day's observations to the next; therefore recruitment, rather 

 than carrying capacity, seems to determine assemblage size. 



