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of different types of shelters at the hard structure. 

 This would be particularly important when deciding 

 on what habitats to set aside for MPAs designed to 

 protect and enhance the populations of specific fish 

 species. 



Acknowledgments 



We thank Ann Bull, Lyman Thorsteinson, and George 

 Steinbach for their support of this research. This research 

 was funded by the Biological Resources Division. U.S. Geo- 

 logical Survey (National Offshore Environmental Studies 

 Program 1445-CA-0995-03861, Minerals Management 

 Service, and the California Artificial Reef Enhancement 

 Program. Robert Lea, Mary Nishimoto, Linda Snook, 

 Rick Starr, and Mary Yoklavich conducted some of the 

 surveys and Linda Snook managed the survey data. 



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