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Acknowledgments 



We are grateful to the entire staff of the lATTC's 

 Achotines Laboratory who made this study possible. 

 We especially thank R. Lauth, D. Soliz, M. Samaniego, 



A. Cano, J. Stadler, and M. Vergara, the principal 

 crew members of the Achotines III during frequently 

 hazardous field sampling. We also thank I. Diaz, D. 

 Dominguez, K. Herrera, and A. Garcia for processing 

 and sorting ichthyoplankton samples. T. Foreman, R. 

 Owen, E. Espinoza, D. Ballesteros, Y. Ballesteros, and 

 P. Vergara also assisted in the field sampling. Logistic 

 and maintenance support was provided by J. Budria, 

 V. Scholey, and E. Espinoza. T. Foreman, R. Olson, R. 

 Lauth, and R. Owen were principally involved in the 

 development of the ichthyoplankton and oceanographic 

 sampling program, and the raw data were processed 

 by R. Lauth, J. Stadler, R. Owen, and R. Olson. We 

 also thank M. Samaniego, E. Espinoza, D. Mancilla, 

 S. Thorrold, R. Jope, C. Vergara, D. Soliz, P. Vergara, 



B. Ballesteros, Y. Ballesteros, D. Ballesteros, and 

 A. Cano, who assisted with or conducted night-light 

 and light-trap operations. Helpful discussions were 

 appreciated and provided by D. Ambrose, R. Deriso, 

 P. Fiedler, S. Harley, R. Olson, R. Owen, P. Smith, 

 and P. Tomlinson. M. Maunder provided the quarterly 

 recruitment estimates. C. Patnode helped with final 

 preparations of the figures. W. Bayliff, S. Harley, R. 

 Owen, K. Schaefer, and two anonymous reviewers pro- 

 vided helpful review comments. Finally, we thank the 

 former and present directors, J. Joseph and R. Allen, 

 and the chief scientist of the Tuna-Billfish Program, 

 R. Deriso, of the lATTC for their continued support of 

 this research. 



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