ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



The research on which this paper is 

 based heqan as a modest monitoring proiect 

 in Apalachicola Bay in March 197?. Since 

 that time, more than 1000 peoole-- 

 scientists, research aides, graduate and 

 undergraduate students, and professional 

 staff peoole--have participated in a 

 series of projects carried out within a 

 broad spectrum of disciplines. The 

 research effort has included chemistry, 

 hydrological engineering, physical 

 oceanography, biology, geology, geography, 

 fisheries, computer programming, 

 statistics, resource planning and 

 management, and economics. Many of the 

 data have been retained and organized into 

 a series of computer files, which T am 

 currently holding at the Florida State 

 Uniyersity Computer Center. A complete 

 list of this information is given in the 

 appendices to this paper. 



Although funding for this program has 

 come from various sources, the maior 

 contributions have been made by the 

 Florida Sea Grant College (National 

 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) 

 and the Franklin County Board o^" 

 Commissioners. Supplementary funds have 

 been provided by private industry and 

 state and federal agencies. The list 

 includes local developers, forestry 

 interests, the Florida Department of 

 Environmental Regulation, the Florida 

 Department of Community Affairs, the 



Coastal Plains Regional Commission, the 

 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the 

 National Science Foundation, the Florida 

 Department of Natural Resources, the 

 Northwest Florida Water Management 

 District, the U.S. Geological Survey, the 

 Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish 

 Commission, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

 Service, and the Man in the Biosphere 

 Program of the U.S. Department of State. 

 Special credit should be given to the 

 Department of Biological Science (Florida 

 State University) for its long-running 

 support of the research. It is somehow 

 consistent that the main impetus for the 

 research effort has come from local 

 concerns (the fishermen of Franklin 

 County, i^lorUa) and a federal agency (the 

 Florida Sea Grant College, NCAA) that has 

 always sought to apply basic scientific 

 knowledge to practical problems. The 

 people of Franklin County, depending on 

 the sea for their livelihood, recognized 

 early that, as land development 

 accelerates in Florida, a forward-looking 

 management program will be necessary to 

 protect the resource that has been at the 

 center of their way of life for 

 generations. The combination of basic and 

 applied science, local, state, and federal 

 involvement, and a multidisciplinary, 

 long-term research program has led to a 

 series of resource management/planning 

 actions that are unprecedented in the 

 nation. 



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