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growth variation could provide valuable insights 

 into population responses of fishes to their 

 physical and biological environment. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



This research was conducted at the Oregon 

 State University Marine Science Center, New- 

 port, OR. We acknowledge funding for this 

 project from the Northwest and Alaska Fisher- 

 ies Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, 

 NOAA, under Contracts 81-ABC-00192, 

 40ABNF-5-262, and NA-85ABH-00025 and the 

 National Science Foundation under Grant OCE- 

 8315421. We thank C. D. Wilson for technical 

 assistance; W. G. Pearcy for discussions; and A. 

 Bakun, B. Leaman, S. Ralston, and D. Somerton 

 for critical reviews of earlier drafts. 



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