533 



INDEX 



mn 



Deep-sea areas, see Crustal plates 



and movement; Hydrothermal 



vents and processes; Mantle 



processes and composition; 



Ridges 

 Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP), 



26, 77, 89, 140-141 

 Defense Meteorological Satellite 



Program, 42 

 Defense research, 15-16, 19, 33, 



33-34 

 Department of Defense, 42 



see also Navy 

 Department of Energy (DOE), 10, 



28, 42-44 

 Diatom blooms, 96, 97 

 Disasters, natural, 16, 44 

 Disposable sensor systems, 61-62 

 Dissolved organic matter, 98 

 Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE), 



NSF, 31-32, 160-161 

 Doctorates, see Ph.D. -level 



scientists 

 Doppler current profilers, 62 

 Drilling programs and 



technologies, 26, 31, 32, 77, 



78, 89, 93 



Earth Observing System (EOS), 40, 



41 

 Ecosystems, 6, 15, 48, 95, 100-102 

 hydrothermal vent, 5, 15, 47-48, 

 99-100 

 Education and training, 35, 38, 134 



see also Ph.D. -level scientists 

 El Nino, 5, 15, 48, 96, 101 

 Emiliania huxleyi, 71-73 

 Employment of scientists, 124-139 

 Energy resources, 16, 42-43, 44 



see also Oil resources 

 Environmental Protection Agency 



(EPA), 8-9, 10, 28, 37-38 

 Environmental Studies Program, 



MMS, 38-39 

 Erosion, 68, 114 



Estuaries, 17, 34, 69, 110-111, 



114, 117-118 

 Euphotic zone, 57-58, 95 

 European Space Agency, 41, 63, 



153 

 Eutrophication, 101-102 

 Evaporation, 59, 152 

 Evolution of species, 92 

 Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), 



45 

 Exploratory Development program, 



Navy, 33 

 Extinction of species, 92 



Facilities, 50, 139 

 see aiso Instrumentation; 

 Laboratories and research 

 centers; Ships 

 Faculty, 123-129 passim 

 Fecal pellets, 98 



Federal Coordinating Council for 

 Science, Engineering, and 

 Technology (FCCSET), 10, 27 

 Federal government, advisory 

 groups, 9-10, 27, 31, 40, 41 

 employment, 124-125, 128-129, 



133, 136-139 

 interagency cooperation, 10, 27- 



28 

 ship use and support, 36, 39, 

 143-144, 146 



see also Coordination of 

 research; Department of 

 Defense; Department of 

 Energy; Environmental 

 Protection Agency; Funding of 

 research; Minerals 

 Management Service; National 

 Aeronautics and Space 

 Administration; National 

 Oceanic and Atmospheric 

 Administration; National 

 Science Foundation; Navy; 

 Office of Naval Research; U.S. 

 Geological Survey 



