ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



This research effort was greatly aided by innumerable people. 

 Foremost among them is Dr. Dana Sanders, who assisted me in all phases 

 of the study. His advice and encouragement throughout this effort are 

 greatly appreciated. I thank Drs . Ken Rodgers , Dan Evans, and Tom Hein- 

 eke for their assistance in identifying the plant species in this study. 

 Blake Parker was invaluable in helping me interpret the soils in the 

 study. Don Hill conducted the geodetic surveys for all of the sites. 

 Phil Jones and Jeff Irvin taught me all I know about hydrology. Phil 

 was especially helpful in correcting the water surface elevations 

 between the study sites and the gauging stations, and Jeff interpreted 

 the hydrologic program into FORTRAN language. I am also grateful to 

 Dr. Dara Wilber, who assisted me in the statistical analyses of the 

 data. 



Many people provided helpful discussion and advice on various 

 aspects of the study, including Drs. Donal Hook, Bill Patrick, 

 Helen Leitman, Sandra Brown, and Bill Mitsch. 



I gratefully acknowledge the support and understanding of Dr. Bob 

 Engler, who allowed a work schedule flexible enough to finish the 

 manuscript. 



I especially want to thank my wife and children, who encouraged me 

 to go on when it would have been easy to quit. 



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