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play significant roles. Even though the control 

 and/or mechanism of daily increment formation 

 in larval fish is not fully understood, the incre- 

 ments are a powerful tool for analysis of individ- 

 ual growth and age determination of very young 

 fish. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



We wish to thank R. Feller and D. Middaugh 

 for their constructive criticism and D. Dunkel- 

 berger for his assistance with the SEM work. 

 This manuscript was based on a dissertation sub- 

 mitted as partial fulfillment of the Ph.D. degree, 

 University of South Carolina. 



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