ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



We wish to thank the participants in VERBl 

 and the CalCOFI cruises for theLr able assis- 

 tance and the Marine Life Research Group for 

 research support. Manuscript preparation was 

 supported in part by NSF OCE-8812123. 



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