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Acknowledgments 



We thank Steve Ralston and Happy Williams for their 

 cooperation throughout this study, their constructive 

 suggestions, and for making the data and a detailed 

 explanation of their methods available. Data were col- 

 lected and compiled by Ralston and Williams with the 

 collaboration of Rene Grandperrin of the Noumea 

 Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre- 

 Mer (ORSTOM), and Louise Wrobel of the Etablisse- 

 ment pour la Valorisation des Activites Aquacoles et 

 Maritimes (EVAAM, French Polynesian Ministerie de 

 la Mer). We also thank Robert Gauldie, Jeff Polovina 

 and George Boehlert for critical review of the manu- 

 script. This research was conducted while the senior 

 author held a National Research Council Postdoctoral 

 Associateship, through the funding of the National 

 Marine Fisheries Service Southwest Fisheries Center, 

 Honolulu Laboratory. 



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