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Acknowledgments 



This chapter has benefitted greatly from detailed 

 reviews and editorial comments of various drafts, or 

 portions thereof, by D. G. Ainley, D. Bertram, G. V. Byrd, 

 A. J. Gaston, M. P. Harris, K. Kilbride, R. W. Lowe, G. J. 

 McChesney, D. N. Nettleship, S. Olson-Edge, M. W. 

 Parker, F. L. Paveglio, M. S. Rodway, S. G. Sealy, W. J. 

 Sydeman, J. E. Takekawa, J. L. Trapp, U. W. Wilson, J. L. 

 Yee, and T. S. Zimmerman. Administrative support was 

 provided by T. S. Zimmerman, B. Bortner, and D. L. 

 Orthmeyer. J. L. Yee helped prepare Figures 1 .5 and 1 .7. 

 Unpublished data were provided by G. W. Kaiser, R. W. 

 Lowe, M. W. Parker, S. G. Sealy, and W. J. Sydeman. 

 Studies of the common murre in Barkley Sound, British 

 Columbia, in 1979-80 were funded by grants from the 

 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of 

 Canada to S. G. Sealy and Canadian Wildlife Service 

 Scholarships to H. R. Carter. Photographs were provided 

 by R. W. Lowe, M. W. Parker, and M. S. Rodway. 



Studies at the South Farallon Islands (Farallon 

 National Wildlife Refuge) are a valuable part of the 

 knowledge of murres in California, Oregon, Washington, 

 and British Columbia. Since 1971, these studies have 

 been conducted through a cooperative program between 

 the Point Reyes Bird Observatory (Stinson Beach, 

 California) and USFWS (San Francisco Bay National 

 Wildlife Refuge Complex, Fremont, California). The 

 Point Reyes Bird Observatory has staffed the islands 

 year-round with a series of biologists over the years 

 (including H. R. Carter from 1983 to 1986) who collect 

 monitoring and research data on seabirds, marine 

 mammals, and other aspects of island ecology. The 

 program has been supported partly by private and 

 research funding obtained through the efforts of Point 

 Reyes Bird Observatory Marine Program Directors D. 

 G. Ainley ( 1 97 1 -92) and W. J. Sydeman ( 1 993-present), 

 with administrative support from Point Reyes Bird 

 Observatory Executive Directors D. Evans, B. Heneman, 

 L. Wayburn, and others. The USFWS also has provided 

 important base funding to the Point Reyes Bird 

 Observatory for seabird monitoring at the islands, and 

 has overseen island facilities and all research and 

 management efforts. The program has been supported 

 through the efforts of Refuge Biologists R. W. Lowe, J. 

 E. Takekawa, J. Buffa, and others, with administrative 

 support from Refuge Managers R. Johnson, R. Coleman, 

 and M. Kolar. 



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