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A significant relationship between striped bass total 

 length and prey total length (P<0.05, r'-=0.26) was ob- 

 served which indicated that larger and older striped bass 



ate larger prey (Fig. 41. The fit of the regression was poor, 

 indicating that, although larger striped bass did consume 

 larger prey, they also consumed smaller prey. 



