ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



Elbert Ahlstrom, Lois Hunter, David Kramer, and Elizabeth 

 Stevens originally identified larvae from CalCOFI cruises of 

 1960. Ronald Whyte coded each larval fish taxon or type and 

 Rita Ford entered them into the computer. Debby Snow efficiently 

 assisted in all aspects of data editing and retrieval. Cindy 

 Meyer, Larry Zins, and James Ryan provided programming 

 assistance. Dorothy Roll designed the CalCOFI data acquisition 

 system and provided data processing support. Ken Raymond, Roy 

 Allen, and Henry Orr helped with graphics and production of the 

 report. Lorraine Prescott and Diane Forsythe prepared the 

 manuscript for printing. Paul Smith determined statistical 

 outliers, provided assistance during geographical outlier checks 

 and offered helpful suggestions throughout the project. Izadore 

 Barrett, Director of the Southwest Fisheries Center and Reuben 

 Lasker, Chief, Coastal Fisheries Resources Division, SWFC, 

 provided the support critical to the completion of the project. 

 James Thrailkill planned CalCOFI surveys and supervised cruises, 

 data handling, and plankton sorting from 1949 to 1986 and is 

 largely responsible for the high quality of these operations. 

 Without the vision and direction of Elbert Ahlstrom and Elton 

 Sette and the dedicated efforts of the many people who collected, 

 processed, and analyzed the samples, this data base would not 

 exist. 



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