ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



We are indebted to numerous people 

 who assisted in the preparation of this 

 profile. G. Van Dykhuizen wrote the first 

 draft of the fish section, and T. Keating 

 the first draft of the birds and mammals 

 section. The investigators listed in 

 Section 2 of References generously shared 

 their unpublished observations with us. 

 Complete, detailed reviews by C. Harrold 

 and G. VanBlaricom were especially useful 

 in revising the manuscript. All or parts 

 of the entire profile were also read by N. 

 Andrew, D.C. Barilotti, W.J. Ballantine, 

 R. Brown, M. Carr, R. Cowen, P. Dayton, T. 

 Dean, L. Deysher, A. DeVogelaere, A. 

 Ebeling, J. Estes, Z. Hymanson, S. 

 Kennelly, S. Kimura, E. Low, M. Neushul , 

 A. Perry, D. Reed, L. Stocker, and J. 

 Watanabe, and we thank them for their 

 helpful suggestions. R. Stelow and C. 

 King typed the manuscript, L. McMasters 



drafted most of the drawings, and S. 

 Dearn, M. Tomasi , and G. Van Dykhuizen 

 helped compile the references. D. Schiel 

 was partially supported by the Claude 

 McCarthy Foundation of the University 

 Grants Committee, New Zealand, by the 

 University of Auckland, and by the 

 U.S.N.Z. Cooperative Science Program. 



Special thanks go to J. Cooper of the 

 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for 

 encouraging us to write the profile, and 

 to W. Kitchens of the U.S. Fish and 

 Wildlife Service for his support, 

 suggestions, and patience. 



Each of us particularly acknowledges 

 the person who most influenced our early 

 work and views on kelp forest ecology. To 

 Michael Neushul (MSF) and Howard Choat 

 (DRS), we extend our special thanks. 



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