531 



Index 



Academic research, 1-2, 5, 141- 



143 

 employment, 124-126, 128-129, 



137-139 

 see also Coordination of 



research; Funding of research; 



Laboratories and research 



centers 

 Acoustic technology, 61-62, 63- 



64, 105 

 see also Seismic studies 

 Advisory Committee on Ocean 



Sciences, NSF, 31-32 

 Advisory groups, 9-10, 27, 31, 40, 



41 

 Algae, 72-73 



Algorithms, 43, 62-63, 154 

 Alkali compounds, 71-72 

 Alkenones, 72-73 

 Altimeters, 42, 62 

 Alvin, 149 

 Anthropogenic changes, 16, 43, 



96-97, 101-102 



Applied research, 9, 15, 34, 50-51 

 Atmosphere-ocean interface, 56- 



61, 64, 116-117 

 see also Carbon dioxide and 



carbon cycles; Global climate 



change 

 Atmospheric Radiation 



Measurements program, DOE, 



43 



B 



Bacteria, 69, 70, 71, 97-98, 100 

 Baltic Sea, 101 

 Basalts, see Magma 

 Basic research, 33, 49, 50-51, 124 

 funding, 6-7, 10-11, 24-25, 28, 



50 

 Benthic organisms, 99, 102 

 Biodiversity, 15 

 Biogeochemical processes, 67-73, 



95-100 

 see also Atmosphere-ocean 



interface; Carbon dioxide and 



carbon cycles 



295 



