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on a colony for an 

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 -term historical record 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



We thank the staffs of the NULS II Hydrolab and the West Indies 

 Laboratory for essential surface support before, during, and 

 after our saturation mission. We also thank C. Brunet, B. Nyden, 

 and CM. Wahle for their enthusiasm and moral support during the 

 mission;. and J.C Lang and CM. Wahle for many helpful discussions 

 and useful comments on earlier drafts of this manuscript. We are 

 especially grateful to Bruce Nyden to extraordinary and generous 

 assistance with all aspects of the field work. This reseach was 

 funded by a NOAA Hydrolab grant to E.A. Chornesky and CM. Wahle. 



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