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in the design and maintenance of tarpon holding fa- 

 cilities. We also thank personnel at Mote Marine 

 Laboratory and at the Keys Marine Laboratory for 

 their cooperation. This project was supported in part 

 under funding from the Department of the Interior, 

 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Federal Aid for 

 Sportfish Restoration Project Number F-59; the 

 Florida Marine Fisheries Commission; the Don 

 Hawley Foundation; and the Pate Foundation. Por- 

 tions of these data were included in a dissertation 

 submitted by E. C. Cyr as partial fulfillment of the 

 requirements of the Ph.D. degree, University of South 

 Carolina. 



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