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ing Advisory Board of the Virginia Marine Resources 

 Commission (grant numbers F-116-R-1 and F-116-R-2), 

 and by the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act, PubHc 

 Law 89-304 (grant-in-aid projects AFC-29 and AFC-27-1, 

 grant numbers NA96FA0192 and NA76FA0361) from the 

 National Marine Fisheries Service. This manuscript is a 

 portion of a dissertation prepared by the senior author 

 in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the doctoral 

 degree. School of Marine Science, Virginia Institute of 

 Marine Science (VIMS), College of William and Mary. 



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