BROWN-PETERSON ET AL.: REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF THE SPOTTED SEATROUT 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



We thank John Trant, John Gourley, John 

 Smith, and Wayne Wofford for their help with the 

 field work and other aspects of the research. 

 Funding was provided by grants from the Sid 

 Richardson Foundation and the Caesar Kleberg 

 Foundation. 



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