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Acknowledgments 



We thank J. Lucy, N. Chartier, and B. Sweeney for 

 assistance in field collections, and B. Cornett and 

 M. Peterson, participants in the Governor's School for 

 Marine Science of the Virginia Department of Educa- 

 tion for help in collecting and processing tuna stomachs 

 and in enumeration of food contents. Special thanks 

 to J. Lucy for his helpful advice throughout the dura- 

 tion of this study. Helpful reviews of the manuscript 

 were provided by J. Colvocoresses, J. Lucy, J. Musick, 

 and two anonymous referees. 



This work was supported by funds from the Virginia 

 Institute of Marine Science Advisory Services Program 

 and National Marine Fisheries Service Port Sampling 

 Program for Large Pelagics, Northeast Fisheries 

 Center. First authorship was determined by a coin toss. 



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