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106 



2564 



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515 



429 



156 



1869 



1386 



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81 



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542 



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4067 



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CHAETOGNATHA 



Figure 15. — Percent frequency occurrence, percent number, percent volume 

 displacement, and index of relative importance (1R1) of higher taxonomic 

 groups of food for size intervals (mm) of \terluccius bilinearis. 



Figure 16.— Relationship between size of Merluccius bilinearis and volume of 

 food consumed (broken line), mean prey volume (solid line), and prey num- 

 ber per stomach (dashed line). 



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