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 

 emphasis on environmental work and the urgent need for more precise 

 and complete identiTication of coastal organisms than has been 

 available. It is mandatory, where possible, that organisms be iden- 

 tified accurately to species. Accurate scientiTic names unlock the great 

 quantities of biological information stored in libraries, obviate 

 duplication of research already done, and often make possible predic- 

 tion of attributes of organisms that have been inadequately studied. 



Stephen Cairns started his research on Scleractinia at the Rosenstiel 

 School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, 

 where he studied the deepwater corals of the western Atlantic. He has 

 continued his studies as a Research Associate at the Smithsonian 

 Institution, with an emphasis on western Atlantic, Hawaiian, and 

 Antarctic Scleractinia and Antarctic Stylasterina. 



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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The manuals so far published in the NOAA Technical Report 

 NMFS Circular Series are listed below by author, title, circular 

 number, and NTIS accession number: 



Marine Flora and Fauna of the Northeastern United States: 



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COOK, DAVID C, 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 



BUSH, LOUISE F. Turbellaria: Acoela and Nemertodermatida. 



CAIRNS, STEPHEN D. Cnidaria: Scleractinia. 



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