string: …of the present study and are consistent with the ontogenetic increases in algal consumption shown by the three other herbivorous and omnivorous pricklebacks (Barton, 1982; Horn et al., 1982; Setran and Behrens, 1993; German et al., 2004; Saba, 2004; Boyle and Horn, 2006; German and Horn, 2006).