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ACKNOWLE DGEMENT S 



A number of people have been very helpful in providing 

 their time and expertise during the various phases of this 

 project. We wish to thank the Captain of the R. V. EASTWARD 

 Harold Yeomans, the scientific party chief Gregory Miller, 

 cind the ship's crew for helping to make the field program a 

 success. We also wish to express our appreciation to Dennis 

 M. Opresko who participated in the field program, provided 

 useful background information concerning coral taxonomy, and 

 identified the coral specimens collected. VJe are grateful 

 to T. Bayer (alcyonarians) , S. Cairns (scleractinians) and 

 M. Downey (echinoderms) for identifying and providing useful 

 background information for many of the organisms photographed 

 and collected in the field survey. Our thanks also go to 

 Philip Thomas of B. L. M. for his participation in the field 

 program in terms of valuable discussions and suggestions. 



We are very grateful for the able technical assistance, 

 in all phases of this project, provided by Mary Ann Lawrence 

 and Louise Weber. Special thanks are extended to Steven 

 Streeter who wrote the statistical programs for the data 

 analysis. Henry Chezar, Dale Chayes , John Farre and Kathleen 

 Crane all provided essential technical assistance in various 

 aspects of this project including photography, engineering, 

 computer programing and camera sled navigation. 



