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Total length upon capture date used to estimate first year growth of blacktip cohorts based on shark age estimates (see Figure 2). Best fit lines are from linear regressions, and colors delineate different cohorts. No age 0 sharks were sampled in Spring 1996; thus, the 1996 cohort was removed from analyses
