ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



The authors reserve their most pro- 

 fuse thanks to those individuals (and 

 their organizations) who devoted time to 

 assist in the field: L.L. Gaddy, H. Boyd, 

 A.E. Radford, J.K. Lynch, L. Peacok, J. 

 Moore, R. Sharitz, M.K. Brinson, R. 

 Sniffen, C. Gresham, J. Pinson, H.M. Leit- 

 man, A. Redmond, P. Grover, N. Eichholz, 

 R. Kautz, G. Bass, and N. Young. The 

 special logistical support of the Florida 

 Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission 

 through Grey Bass, Norman Young, and Neal 

 Eichholz is particularly acknowledged. 



We deeply appreciate the efforts of 

 those who aided in species identification: 

 S. Gilchrist, W. Heard, R. Guard, T. 

 Wilkins, R. Godfrey, University of Georgia 

 Herbarium. Those who supplied other as- 

 sistance were R. Jones, C. Coney, J. Cely, 

 D. Shure, H.L. Ragsdale , R. Sharitz, J. 

 Adams, G. Guill, F. Parrish, and A. Benke. 

 We are grateful to the following who 



critically read all or portions of the 

 manuscript: Jay Benforado, Robert Huffman, 

 Robert Meade, Helen Leitman, J.M. Lynch, 

 Roger T. Saucier, Arville Touchet, and 

 Eugene Turner. We acknowledge the very 

 special help of Mark Brinson, Steven 

 Forsythe, John Coffin, and Parley Winger. 



We extend our sincere appreciation to 

 Linda C. Lewis, Gladys V. Russell, and 

 Kathy B. Waggoner of the Institute of 

 Ecology, and to Elizabeth Krebs and Daisy 

 Singleton of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

 Service, for their dedication to the many 

 typing provided for the publica- 

 this manuscript. We are also 

 to Kate Benkert and Hal Rienstra, 

 and Wildlife Service, 



hours of 

 tion of 

 indebted 

 U.S. Fish 



Finally, 



for their 

 profound 



valuable assistance, 

 thanks are expressed to Gaye Farris, U.S. 

 Fish and Wildlife Service, for her extra- 

 ordinary editorial efforts. 



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