ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 



We are grateful to our colleagues in the Office of Protected Resources, 

 Dean Wilkinson and Ted Lillestolcn, NMFS, NOAA, who provided valuable 

 assistance and funding support in organizing this project We appreciate the 

 additional assistance of Larry Hansen from NMFS/SEC with this project in the 

 collection of samples. Finally, a number of EC Division scientists and technicians 

 ably assisted this study in the sample analyses and the data management. In 

 alphabetical order they are, Kristin Blair, Richard Boyer, Katherine Dana, Don 

 Ernest, Tara Felix-Slinn, Barbara French, Rebecca Hastings, Dr. John Landahl, 

 Ron Modjeski, John Shields, Dr. John Stein, Dave Rees, Susan Pierce, Dr. 

 William Reichert, Paul Robisch, Dana Whimey and Gladys Yanagida. 



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