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Growth of recently set oysters fed equal volumes of different foods. Theaverage initial length of the oysters was 0.8 mm. After four weeks of feeding,the average size of the oysters reanged from 0.8 mm, for those fed poor food(Amphidinium), to 5.2 mm, for those fed good food (Cryptomonad #2). (Image credit: NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection)