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Martinez for helping with data collection, A. Ospina for 
assisting with the map of the study area, and C. Barria, 
N. Amat, and R. Alarcon for their valuable comments. 
We offer special thanks to K. Denning for revising the 
English of the early draft. This study was part of the 
project Monitoratge del recursos pesquers i marisquers 
al litoral catala of the Directorate of Fishing and Mari- 
time Affairs, Government of Catalonia. 
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