ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



Many colleagues have generously shared their knowledge and data with me. Their contributions are 

 recognized at pertinent points in the text as personal communications; Appendix D identifies each contributor 

 and the primary geographic region or scientific field addressed. 



I also wish to thank all contributors to the data base that became the first Flora Checklist (Laderman and Ward 

 1987), as noted in Appendix A, and the participants in the first Atlantic White Cedar Wetlands Symposium 

 (Laderman 1987) which formed the basis for much of this profile. 



I am particularly grateful to the botanists who identified and checked regional species of special concern (as 

 listed with Table 6), and to those colleagues who critically read sections of the manuscript, offered sugges- 

 tions, and generously provided additional data, including: A. Belling, V. Carter, P. Gammon, M.K. Garrett, and 

 J.H. f\/loore. Chapter7was co-authored by J. H. Moore, who diligently researched much unpublished material 

 on Dare County cedar wetlands. D.B. Ward, co-author of the associated flora checklist (Appendix A), served 

 as botanical referee and advisor for this community profile. 



All or parts of this manuscript were reviewed by the following: J. 

 Golet, S. Leonard, S. Little, D. Lowry, and L. Stith. 



Allen, R. Andrews, A . Carter, F. 



I am grateful for much painstaking, attentive technical assistance: T. Laderman (Quincy, MA) and R. Colder 

 (Photolab, Marine Biological Laboratory [MBL], Woods Hole, MA) prepared original illustrations; L. Colder 

 (Photolab, MBL, Woods Hole, MA) Scientific Photographic Services (Edgewater, NJ) provided photographic 

 services; J. Laderman and I. Laderman (MuScan Inc., Quincy, MA) programmed and produced the data bases; 

 I. Laderman prepared tables and organized the physical text. L. Bjorklund, M. Parkin, H. Sather, and J. 

 Shoemaker of USFWS assisted in obtaining technical materials. The manuscript was greatly improved by E. 

 Pendleton, M. Brody, G. Farris, and B. Vairin of the National Wetlands Research Center, Slidell, LA. 



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