VI-2 



chapter discusses the National Estuarine Inventory, its development, 

 and its past and future applications. Chapter 2 points out the 

 major data qaos as shov/n by the Inventory and sets out a pronram for 

 a needed data acquisition, analysis, and interpretation. 



In Chapter 3 the results of the research and study needs investiga- 

 tions are outlined in some detail. 



Two basic programs are outlined in Chapters 2 and 3. The first is to 

 satisfy the need for basic data: that is, numbers and information 

 which can be analyzed and interpreted to give information. The 

 second program is designed to search for basic knowledge: that is, 

 the understanding necessary to clearly and unmistakably use the basic 

 data. 



The tying together of what-is-known to show what-is-not-known, is a 

 common denominator in these two programs. Of necessity, some over- 

 lap appears, pointing up the fact that the search for knowledge 

 results in data, and the search for data results in knowledge. 



