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incremental widths (1.717 and 1.732 ) in the later stage 

 of the glass eel (increments 30-35), were wider (F.,=3.93 , 

 P=0.004) than the con-esponding mean width (1.314 ) for 

 New Brunswick otoliths, as hypothesized, suggesting fast- 

 er growth in the southern waters. 



The youngest (mean 168 d) Ainerican eel elvers were 

 found at the Pivers Island site (Table 3), whereas elvers 

 at Black Creek (just north of Pivers Island) were not sig- 

 nificantly different at age 175 d (F.j=1.125, P=0.376). Nei- 

 ther elvers from New Jersey (201 d) nor those from New 



