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Appendix F. A table of sizes of mussels eaten by, and available to, sea stars.

	Mussel length (mm)
Site		Mean ±1 SE	Range (n)
A	Available	31.60 ± 0.38	23–44 (112)
	Eaten	31.64 ± 0.44	22–46 (80)
D	Available	45.51 ± 0.89	31–61 (58)
	Eaten	45.68 ± 1.14	26–61 (45)
J	Available	42.18 ± 0.76	14–55 (64)
	Eaten	41.86 ± 0.88	26–55 (44)

Notes: There was no significant difference in the size of mussels eaten by seastars and those that were available in the surrounding reef (F1 = 0.06, P = 0.95), nor did the size range of mussels eaten and available differ greatly. The findings suggest that as a population, sea star predation was not limited by the size of mussels available.