ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



Preparation of the "Manne Flora and Fauna ol the Northeastern United 

 States" is being eoordinated by the following Board: 



Coordinating Editor; Melbourne R. Carriker, College of Marine Studies, 



University of Delaware, Lewes. DE 19958. 

 Editorial Advisers: Marie B. Abbott. 259 High Street. Coventry. Conn. 



(Formeriy with Gray Museum. Manne Biologi- 

 cal Labtiratory. Woods Hole. Mass.) 



Arthur G. Humes, Boston University Marine Pro- 

 gram, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods 

 Hole, Mass. 



Wesley N. Tiffney, Retired, Boston University, 226 

 Edge Hill Road, Shanan. Mass. 



Ruth D. Tbrner, Museum of Comparative Zoology, 

 Harvard University. Cambridge, Mass. 



Roland L Wigley, Retired, National Manne Fish- 

 enes Service. Northeast Fisheries Center. 

 NOAA. Woods Hole, Mass. 



Robert T Wilce, Department of Botany, Univer- 

 sity of Massachusetts. Amherst, Mass. 



The Board established the format for the "Manne Flora and Fauna of 

 the Northeastern United Stales," invites systematists to collaborate in the 

 preparation of manuals, reviews manuscnpts, and advises the Scientific 

 Editor of the National Manne Fishenes Service. 



Thanks are expressed to Henry A, Imshaug for his assistance in 

 research and advice in prepanng the manuscript. Thanks are also expressed 

 to Melbourne R. Camker for continued assistance in later research stages 

 and manuscript preparation. Richard D. Wood was very helpful in the field 

 work in the Narragansett Bay area. Helen S. Taylor, Brian M. Taylor, and 

 Sheryl M. Taylor contnbuled both in the research for and preparation of the 

 mauscnpt. Adele Denison and Ralph Gorton aided in the preparation of the 

 final manuscnpt. 



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