ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



Liberal use was made of published and unpublished illustrative 

 materials and in some instances, textual matter. It is hoped that full 

 credits have been given in each of these instances and, if not, I 

 apologize to the researchers who have described aspects of the 

 Texas-Louisiana shelf ecosystem far better than I could have, and whose 

 materials were used in the development of this report. 



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