COORDINATING EDITOR'S COMMENTS 



Publication of the "Marine Flora and Fauna of the Northeastern 

 United States" is most timely in view of the growing universal empha- 

 sis on environmental work and the urgent need for more precise and 

 complete identification of coastal organisms than has been available. 

 It is mandatory, wherever possible, that organisms be identified 

 accurately to species. Accurate scientific names unlock the great quan- 

 tities of biological information stored in libraries, obviate duplication 

 of research already done, and often make possible prediction of 

 attributes of organisms that have been inadequately studied. 



Ruth Todd began her studies of Foraminifera in 1940 as research 

 assistant to Joseph A. Cushman at the former Cushman Laboratory 

 for Foraminiferal Research in Sharon, Mass., and continued there 

 until 1950. Following the death of the Director of the Laboratory and 

 the consequent transfer of the Laboratory to the U.S. National 

 Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., Ruth Todd con- 

 tinued her studies of Foraminifera at the National Museum as a 

 member of the Paleontology and Stratigraphy Branch of the U.S. 

 Geological Survey. Following her retirement in 1973, she resumed her 

 collection and studies of the Foraminifera of the Atlantic coastal 

 regions. 



Doris Low began work on and studies of Foraminifera in 1951, 

 working with Ruth Todd as a member of the Paleontology and 

 Stratigraphy Branch of the U.S. Geological Survey. With collections 



made around the island of Martha's Vineyard during the summers of 

 1957 and 1958, she began intensive study of the Foraminifera of 

 coastal New England. 



Preparation of this manual was supported in part by a grant from 

 the Environmental Protection Agency to the Editorial Board of the 

 "Marine Flora and Fauna of the Northeastern United States!' Work 

 on the "Marine Flora and Fauna of the Northeastern United States" 

 by the Coordinating Editor is supported by the College of Marine 

 Studies, University of Delaware. 



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Manuals are not copyrighted, and so may be photocopied from the 

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The manuals so far published in the NOAA Technical Report 

 NMFS Circulars series are listed below by author, title, circular 

 number, and NTIS accession number. 



Marine Flora and Fauna of the Northeastern United States: 



Circular 



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NTIS No. 



COOK, DAVID G., and RALPH O. BRINKHURST. Annelida: Oligochaeta. 



BORROR, ARTHUR C. Protozoa: Ciliophora. 



MOUL, EDWIN T. Higher Plants of the Marine Fringe. 



McCLOSKEY, LAWRENCE R. Pycnogonida. 



MANNING, RAYMOND B. Crustacea: Stomatopoda. 



WILLIAMS, AUSTON B. Crustacea: Decapoda. 



POLLOCK, LELAND W. Tardigrada. 



LARSON, RONALD J. Cnidaria: Scyphozoa. 



CAVALIERE, A. R. Higher Fungi: Ascomycetes, Deuteromycetes, and Basidiomycetes. 



COULL, BRUCE C. Copepoda: Harpacticoida. 



CUTLER, EDWARD B. Sipuncula. 



PAWSON, DAVID L. Echinodermata: Holothuroidea. 



HO, JU-SHEY. Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae and Sphyriidae. 



HO, JU-SHEY. Copepoda: Cyclopoids Parasitic on Fishes. 



CRESSEY, ROGER F. Crustacea: Branchiura. 



BOVEE, EUGENE C, and THOMAS K. SAWYER. Protozoa: Sarcodina: Amoebae. 



WATLING, LES. Crustacea: Cumacea. 



ZULLO, VICTOR A. Arthropoda: Cirripedia. 



TODD, RUTH, and DORIS LOW. Protozoa: Sarcodina: Benthic Foraminifera 



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