IVERSEN ET AL.: BIOLOGICAL DATA ON QUEEN CONCHS 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



This research was sponsored by the Wallace 

 Groves Aquaculture Foundation whose contribution 

 in research funds and logistic support is gratefully 

 acknowledged. Special thanks go to A. Albury, K. 

 Lightbourne, and other employees on Little Whale 

 Cay for their enthusiastic and unstinting support 

 during this study. Able assistance in the field was 

 provided by C. Berg, P. Bizzell, I. Brook, W. Brown- 

 ell, L. Cresswell, L. FitzGerald, C. Grail, R. Hensen, 

 E. J. Iversen, E. S. Iversen, Jr., J. Iversen, K. Orr, 

 and G. Woon. S. Siddall set up the required com- 

 puter programs to synthesize data. R. Hensen made 

 conch density and length-weight measurements and 

 was the first to locate the habitat of the young-of- 

 the-year in Bird Cay-Cat Cay Channel. 



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