ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



This report is a narrative synthesis of data collected and analyses performed as 

 part of the companion technical report (Costanza, R. , C. Neill, S. G. Leibowitz, J. R. 

 Fruci, L. M. Bahr, Jr., and J. W. Day, Jr. 1983. Ecological models of the Mississippi 

 Deltaic Plain Region : data collection and presentation . U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serv- 

 ice, Division of Biological Services, Washington, D.C. FWS/OBS-82/68) . In addition to 

 those who contributed to the technical report, we thank the following people who pro- 

 vided information on critical components of this narrative: R. Baumann, W. Conner, L. 

 Deegan, S. A. Hsu, B. Johnson, and F. Sklar. J. Bagur, P. Bianchi, E. Coleman, and J. 

 Donley of Louisiana State University and G. Farris of the Fish and Wildlife Service 

 assisted with editing. Proofreading was done by R. Martin and C. Willett. D. Baker 

 and K. Westphal were responsible for drafting, as well as C. Duran and P. T. 

 Gremillion. Typing was done by B. Grayson, J. P. Lantier, and C. McLean. S. Lauritzen 

 of FWS handled overall layout and preparation of the manuscript for printing. 



The authors thank the following people for their constructive review comments on 

 earlier drafts: K. Benkert, N. Benson, and J. Valentine from U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

 Service. 



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