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Prevalence of the parasite as a function of host size 

 and field length-weight comparisons are still only in- 

 direct measurements of host growth. Consequently, 

 further laboratory studies measuring growth directly 

 in parasitized king crabs are needed to positively 

 prove our hypothesis. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



We thank R. Hakala of the FV Fortune and J. 

 Donahue of the FV Stormfront for assistance with 

 field sampling and use of their vessels. Steve Ignell 

 of the National Marine Fisheries Service's Auke Bay 

 Laboratory was also very helpful as a consultant on 

 statistical procedures. Funding was received from 

 the Research Council of the University of Alaska, 

 Juneau, and the Alaska Fisheries Research Center 

 of the University of Alaska (Project number RC/ 

 84-04). A research fellowship was provided by Alaska 

 Sea Grant for the senior author (CRH). 



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