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The ad hoc committee, which met on 8 March 1963, included the following: 
Dr. Bostwick H. Ketchum—Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 
(Chairman) 
Dr. Robert J. Menzies—Duke University 
Dr. John M. Sieburth—University of Rhode Island 
Dr. Donald F. Squires—Smithsonian Institution 
Dr. |. Eugene Wallen—Smithsonian Institution 
Mrs. Beatrice Burch—Smithsonian Institution 
Dr. Milner B. Schaefer—Scripps Institution of Oceanography 
Dr. Elbert H. Ahlstrom—Bureau of Commercial Fisheries 
Mr. Joseph E. King—Bureau of Commercial Fisheries 
Dr. O. E. Sette—Bureau of Commercial Fisheries 
Mr. Kenneth W. Kaye—U. S. Naval Oceanographic Office 
Dr. Robert Holmes—Scripps Institution of Oceanography 
Mr. Thomas Austin—Bureau of Commercial Fisheries 
Recommendations of the ad hoc committee included: 
1. Development of coding instructions 
2. Development of a microbiological card format as outlined by Dr. J. Sieburth 
3. Development of preliminary formats for a nekton card, a systematics and biogeo- 
graphical card, and a bioacoustical card 
4. Reconvention of the ad hoc committee to provide further guidance for the NODC 
biological program 
The NODC accomplished some work in the preparation of a thesaurus of terms to be used 
for the retrieval of published and unpublished sources of biological information archived in the NODC. 
Additionally, at the request of the Atomic Energy Commission, the NODC conducted a survey of the 
status and availability of radiological data pertaining to marine biota and the marine environment. 
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