MEDVED and MARSHALL: FEEDING AND BIOLOGY OF YOUNG SANDBAR SHARK 



thanks go to R. Macomber, J. Alexander, H. Hays, 

 R. Long, E. Bonner, K. Turgeon, and to the many 

 others that contributed to the project. We also 

 wish to thank M. Schein, J. Harner, and J. Casey 

 for their comments on the manuscript. This study 

 was supported by the Society of the Sigma Xi, the 

 West Virginia University Foundation, and the 

 Department of Biology, West Virginia University. 

 This work constitutes a portion of a thesis sub- 

 mitted by the first author in partial fulfillment of 

 the requirements for a M.S. Degree in Biology at 

 West Virginia University. 



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