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Acknowledgments 
Gratitude is expressed to P. Geijsel, P. Humphries, 
G. Hyndes, L. Laurenson, and F. Neira for help with 
sampling, and to W. Fletcher, H. Gill, A. Miskiewicz 
and M. Platell for helpful comments on the text. The 
suggestions of two anonymous referees were also 
appreciated. This work was made possible by an 
Australian Commonwealth Postgraduate Research 
Award to D. Gaughan and by a grant from the Fish- 
eries Department of Western Australia to I. Potter. 
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