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Acknowledgments 
We thank H. Diaz, R. Irvine, J. Lax, R. Mitchell, A. 
Schick, M. Smith, J. Thompson, and J. Venezia for assis- 
tance with larval sampling. Technical assistance was 
provided by J. Priddy. This study was supported under 
North Carolina Sea Grants 2004-1772-01, -33, and -43, 
National Science Foundation Grants no. OCE-9819355 
and OCE-0095092, and U. S. Department of Commerce, 
NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, under PL 
88-309, Project 2-296-R, NOAA Living Marine Resources 
Cooperative Science Center NA050AR4811017. 
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