ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



I wish to thank R. Ulanowicz, D. Heinle, R. Morgan, W. Boynton, M. Kemp, C. Steven- 

 son, and L. E. Cronin from the Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies, University 

 of Maryland; L. Bongers, T. Polgar, A. Lippson, and L. Moran from Martin-Marietta; J. Taft 

 and L. Brush from the Chesapeake Bay Institute, Johns Hopkins University; D. Flemer from 

 the Office of Biological Services; D. Correll, Chesapeake Bay Center, Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion; R. Wetzel, K. Webb, R. Orth, D. Boesch, M. Lynch, R. Harris, D. Haven, J. Merriner, 

 and D. Markle from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. All have generously provided 

 information and ideas for the development of this conceptual model of the Chesapeake Bay. 

 Insights are attributable to them; errors are my own. 



