Acknowledgements 



The preparation of this report and the analysis of changes in 

 eelgrass abundance at selected areas of Buzzards Bay was funded by the 

 New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission as part of a 

 study of Buzzards Bay by the Environmental Protection Agency. This 

 research, however, has a much longer history involving many individuals 

 and organizations. The initial support from this study came from the 

 Lloyd Center for Environmental Studies and the NOAA National Sea Grant 

 College Program, Dept . of Commerce, Grant No. NA84AA-D-00033 , Woods Hole 

 Oceanographic Institution, Proj . No. R/B-68. The volunteers, 

 assistants, and people contributing to this effort are too numerous to 

 mention, but they have my eternal thanks. 



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