ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



Preparation of the "Marine Flora and Fauna of the Northeastern 

 United States" is being coordinated by the following Board: 



Coordinator: Melbourne R. Carriker. Marine Studies Center. 

 College of Marine Studies, University of Dela 

 ware. Lewes. DE \995H 



Advisers: Marie B. Abbott. Marine Biological Laboratory. 

 Woods Hole. Mass. 



Arthur G. Humes. Boston University Marine Pro- 

 gram, Marine Biological Laboratory. Woods Hole, 

 Mass. 



Wesley N. Tiffney. Department of Biology. Boston 

 University. Boston. Mass. 



Ruth D. Turner. Museum of Comparative Zoology. 

 Harvard University. Cambridge. Mass. 



Roland L. Wigley, National Marine Fisheries 

 Service, Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass. 



Robert T. Wilce. Department of Botany. University 

 of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass. 



The Board established the format for the "Marine Flora and 

 Fauna of the Northeastern United States." invites systemalists to 

 collaborate in the preparation of manuals, reviews manuscripts, 

 and advises the Scientific Editor of the National Marine Fisheries 

 Service. 



I express my gratitude to Melbourne R. Carriker who. as 

 director of the Systematics Ecology Program, generously provided 

 laboratory space at the Marine Biological Laboratory. Woods Hole. 

 Mass. during portions of this work. My thanks as well to the 

 stenographic service at Drew University for their assistance in the 

 preparation of this manuscript. Many of the illustrations were 

 drawn by Susan P. Heller, formerly with the Systematics-Ecology 

 Program. 



COORDINATOR'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 identification of coastal organisms than has 

 been available. It is mandatory, wherever possible, that organisms 

 he identified accurately to species. Accurate scientific names unlock 

 the great ((uantities of biological information stored in libraries. 

 obviate duplication of research already done, and make possible 

 prediction of attributes of organisms that have been inadequately 

 studied. 



Leiand W. Pollock was awarded his Ph.D. from the University of 



New Hampshire in 1969 for work on the biology of intertidal 

 Tardigrada. Both this doctoral research and the majority of 

 subsequent postdoctoral research was conducted in association with 

 the Systematics Ecology Program at the Marine Biological 

 Laboratory in Woods Hole. In 1972. he moved to his present 

 position as a member of the zoology faculty at Drew University. 

 Madison. N.J. where his studies on aspects of the systematics and 

 ecology of marine Tardigrada continue. 



Manuals are available for purchase from the Supermtendenl of 

 Documents. U.S Government Printing Office. Washington. D.C. 

 20402. The manuals so far published in the series are listed below. 



COOK. DAVID G.. and RALPH 0. BRINKHURST. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Annelida: Oligochaola. 



HORROR. .ARTHUR C. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Protozoa: Ciliophora. 



MOUL. EDWIN T. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Higher plants of the marine fringe. 



McCLOSKEY. LAWRENCE R. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Pycnogonida. 



MANNING. RAYMOND B. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Crustacea: Stomatopoda. 



WILLI.'VMS. AUSTIN B. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Crustacea: Decapoda. 



POLLOCK, LELAND W. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Tardigrada. 



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