FINUCANE ET AL.: REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF KING MACKEREL 



Williams and Godcharles 5 have postulated on the 

 basis of mark-recapture data that two migratory 

 groups occur: one in the South Atlantic and the 

 other in the Gulf of Mexico. Both of their ranges 

 overlap in south Florida. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



We thank Dale S. Beaumariage, Churchill B. 

 Grimes, and Steven A. Bortone for their critical 

 review of this manuscript. 



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