Appendix 1. Acronyms 



CEPEX Controlled Ecosystems Pollution Experiment 



CLIMAP Climate: Long-range Investigations, Mapping and Pre- 



diction 



CUEA Coastal Upwelling Ecosystems Analysis 



FAMOUS French American Mid-Ocean Undersea Study 



GELTSPAP Group of Experts on Long-Term Scientific Policy and 



Planning 



GEOSECS Geochemical Ocean Sections Study 



IDOE International Decade of Ocean Exploration 



IGY International Geophysical Year 



IOC Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission 



IPOD International Phase of Ocean Drilling 



ISOS International Southern Ocean Studies 



JOIDES Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth 



Sampling 



JOINT (not an acronym) A series of joint physical and bio- 



logical field studies conducted as part of CUEA 



MODE Mid-Ocean Dynamics Experiment 



NACOA National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmo- 



sphere 



NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 



NORPAX North Pacific Experiment 



NSF National Science Foundation 



ONR Office of Naval Research 



POLYMODE A joint U.S.-U.S.S.R. project, successor to a Russian 

 program called POLYGON and the U.S. IDOE proj- 

 ect MODE 



SES Seagrass Ecosystem Study 



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