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Southwest Fisheries Science Center, and Sergio 
Martinez of CICIMAR for the statistical analysis. 
Thanks are also extended to Consejo Nacional de 
Ciencia y Tecnologia and Instituto Politecnico 
Nacional (COFAA) for their support, and Ellis Gla- 
zier, CIBNOR, for a critical review of this manuscript 
in English. 
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