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which research and study are needed and to encourage those people 

 who have the most knowledge concerning specific problems to design 

 and implement the special studies that will increase our knowledge. 



The information needed to nrenare this chanter was obtained bv 

 several aporoaches with the overriding goals being to represent 

 as broad a diversity of interests and as manv knowledgeable peo- 

 ple as possible. Many people, numbering in the hundreds, have 

 contributed generously of their time, effort, and thinking to 

 make up this chanter. It would be imoossible to mention them 

 all and Indeed, unfair, because of the variation in quality and 

 guantity of the various individual contributions and the apnli- 

 cability of the various recommendations. 



Some needs were identified by many oeonle from various oarts of 

 the country indicating great importance, yet each reconnized need 

 aopears as only a single item. Other needs sungested by perhaps 

 only one person, are vitally important in a specific locality but 

 would not have the same national impact as others. 



HOl^ THIS CHAPTER WAS DFVELOPFD 

 AMD SOURCES OF INFORMATION 



The best source of information concerning needed research and 

 studies in the estuaries is the people who work directly on 

 estuarine problems on a first-hand basis: the scientists, engi' 

 neers, planners, and economists in the various universities. 



