ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



Approximately $5.5 million was expended on this program for re- 

 search and logistical support. Direct financial support of the Biome-wide 

 program was derived from three major sources: the National Science 

 Foundation, the State of Alaska and the petroleum industry through the 

 University of Alaska. The NSF funding was under the joint sponsorship 

 of the U.S. Arctic Research Program (Division of Polar Programs) and 

 the U.S. International Biological Program (Ecosystem Analysis). The 

 Army Research Office and the Department of Energy (previously AEC 

 and ERDA) both contributed funded projects to the Program. Industry 

 support was provided through unrestricted grants from: Atlantic Rich- 

 field Company, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, BP Alaska, Inc., 

 Cities Service Company, Exxon Company, USA (Humble Oil and Refin- 

 ing Company), Gulf Oil Corporation, Marathon Oil Company, Mobil 

 Oil Company, Prudhoe Bay Environmental Subcommittee of the Alaska 

 Oil and Gas Association, Shell Oil Company, Standard Oil Company of 

 California, Standard Oil (Indiana) Foundation, Inc., and Sun Oil Com- 

 pany. In addition to the directly funded support, parent institutions, 

 almost without exception, provided their staff members with a variety of 

 on-campus and other support, which is gratefully acknowledged on 

 behalf of the entire program. 



In a program such as this, involving hundreds of scientists and doz- 

 ens of institutions and support agencies, it is difficult to present a com- 

 plete list of acknowledgments. Foremost, the Office of Naval Research 

 through its Naval Arctic Research Laboratory (NARL) at Barrow, 

 Alaska, provided the field and laboratory support without which the 

 U.S. Tundra Biome program would have been impossible. Two former 

 directors of NARL, Dr. Max C. Brewer and John Schindler, deserve par- 

 ticular credit for facilitating the logistic support of the Tundra Biome 

 program. Dr. Larry L. Tieszen ably served as the intensive site director at 

 Barrow during the several summers of major activity. Alpine field sup- 

 port at Eagle Summit and Niwot Ridge was enhanced through the Uni- 

 versity of Alaska's Institute of Arctic Biology and the University of Col- 

 orado's Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) at its 

 Mountain Research Station, respectively. Administratively, the Tundra 

 Biome Center at the University of Alaska provided vital contractual and 

 support services. Dr. George C. West, Director of the Tundra Biome 

 Center, Dr. Keith Van Cleve, and Mr. David Witt deserve particular 

 credit. 



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