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determine the effect of environmental variables 

 on the relationship between otolith and larval 

 growth. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



We thank P. Hamer and R. Cohen for their 

 help with the laboratory and data processing. G. 

 Laurence, NMFS Narragansett Laboratory, 

 R.I., graciously provided the laboratory-reared 

 larvae and unpublished experimental data used 

 in this study. This report is M ARM AP Contribu- 

 tion MED/NEFC 81-6. 



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