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staff at the Sea Fisheries Institute, Plankton Sorting 
and Identification Center. This research would not have 
been possible without the resourcefulness and skilled 
assistance of the crews of the NOAA research vessels 
Chapman, Oregon II and Gordon Gunter and the dedi- 
cation of biologists and volunteers who participated in 
SEAMAP plankton surveys sampling. N. Bachelor and 
J. Hare provided statistical expertise. This project was 
funded through the OAR Cooperative Institute Pro- 
gram Office and is part of the research program of the 
Northern Gulf Institute, a NOAA Cooperative Institute. 
Funding for the Florida Straits sampling was provided 
by grants from the National Science Foundation (OCE- 
0136132) and the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commis- 
sion (Billfish-2005-017). 
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