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L. Hill, C. Ingram, and C. Lund for help in the field. We 

 thank J. B. Pearce, J. Merriner, and three cinonymous 

 reviewers for improving the manuscript. This work 

 was funded by a Fishery Resource Grant awarded 

 to F. Micheli, H. S. Lenihan, and R. A. Cummings 

 by the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission. 

 H. S. Lenihan also received support from a National 

 Research Council Postdoctoral Associateship. 



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