1-1? 



role each should play to achieve effective management. The emphasis 

 here is on institutional management problems in the estuarine zone. 



Part VI, "The Development of Data on the Estuarine Zone", discusses 

 the present state of knowledge about all three of the major estuar- 

 ine environments, and presents a program of studies and research 

 efforts designed to close up knowledge gaps and provide the basis 

 for sound technical management through rational institutional 

 management. 



Part VII, "Collection of Supporting Information", describes in gen- 

 eral terms the mass of reference materials from which the inform- 

 ation in this Report was derived. These Materials consist of several 

 thousands of documents, including transcripts of estuarine public 

 meetings, profiles of Federal and State agencies, the Study's con- 

 tractors' reports, and published reports in the scientific literature 

 which relate to estuarine resources. 



In-text citations to published material, referenced in the following 

 volumes of this Report, are indicated by a number in parentheses, 

 such as (V-l-1), which refers to the References list at the end of 

 the appropriate chapter. Likewise, f igures and tables are referred 

 to in text by a number, such as Figure V.l.l, or Table V.1.1. 

 Appendices follow the appropriate chapter. 



