growth of other sciaenids reared in the labora- 

 tory. 



Acknowledgments 



This study was supported by funds provided by 

 the University of Delaware Sea Grant College 

 Program and by the U.S. Department of Fish and 

 Wildlife through the Delaware Department of 

 Natural Resources and Environmental Control. 

 Paul Cosby, Big John Ellsworth, Anne Marie Ek- 

 lund, John Ewart, Paul Grecay, Anne Hastings, 

 Kathleen Little, Leslie Picoult, and Peter Rowe 

 were indispensible in the capture, care, and feed- 

 ing of the adult and larval weakfish used in the 

 investigation. 



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