535 



INDEX 



Interdisciplinary research, see 

 Multidisciplinary research 



International competition, 15 



International research 



coordination, 7-8, 19, 21-22, 

 25-26, 153 



Isotopes, 66, 68, 74 



fOIDES Resolution, 150 



Joint Global Ocean Flux Study, 



136-137 

 Joint Oceanographic Institutions, 



Inc. (JOI), 26, 133-135, 137- 



139, 141 

 Joint Oceanographic Institutions 



for Deep Earth Sampling, 32, 



140- 141 



Laboratories and research centers, 

 139-143 

 federal, 33, 35, 37-38, 40-41, 



43-44, 142 

 seafloor observatories, 93 

 Lipids, 72-73 

 Lithosphere, 77, 79-81, 82-83, 87 



M 



Magma, 79, 83, 85-87 



Mantle processes and composition, 



78, 79, 80, 82-87 

 Maps and mapping, 34, 44-45 

 crustal composition, 78, 81-82, 



88 

 Matching grants, 34 

 Metabolic processes, 70, 71 

 Microstructure measurements, 57, 



58 

 Microwave measurements, 36, 42, 



62, 152 

 Military research, see Defense 



research 

 Mineral resources, 17, 44, 45 



199 



Minerals Management Service 



(MMS), 38-39 

 Mixing processes, 56-61, 69-71 

 Models and modeling, 33, 50, 54, 

 153-154 

 climate, 43, 55-56, 89-90 

 coastal processes, 118-120 

 crustal dynamics, 78, 88 

 Molecular biology, 44, 104 

 Monitoring programs, 28, 34 

 see also Global ocean observing 

 system 

 Moored instruments, 62, 105, 107- 



108 

 Multidisciplinary research, 6, 48, 



51-52 

 Multi-Frequency Acoustic 

 Profiling System, 105 



N 



National Aeronautics and Space 



Administration (NASA), 39-42 

 National Mapping Program, USGS, 



44 

 National Oceanic and 



Atmospheric Administration 



(NOAA), 9, 10, 20, 24-25, 28, 



34-37, 41-42, 106 

 National Oceanographic Data 



Center (NODC), 36-37 

 National Research Council (NRC), 



10, 27, 44 

 National Science Foundation 



(NSF), 8-9, 10, 19-20, 21, 24, 



28, 30, 31-32, 49, 106, 123- 



126, 143, 155, 160-163 

 National Sea Grant College 



Program, NOAA, 20, 30, 34-35 

 National security, see Defense 



research 

 National Space Council, 41 

 Natural gas, 16, 38-39 

 Naval Research Laboratory, 33 

 Navy, 19-20, 32-34, 42, 140, 149, 



164 



