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(A) Annual natural survival as a result of processes other than starvation risk as a function of irreversible mass and; (B) annual natural survival as a function of reversible and irreversible mass. As the ratio between reversible and irreversible mass declines, survival declines. In contrast, for a given ratio between reversible and irreversible mass, survival rapidly improves as individuals grow from avelins (with an irreversible mass of ≍0.004 g) to 100 g.
