Distribution and Relative Abundance of American 



Lobster, Homarus americanus, Larvae: 



New England Investigations During 1974-79 



MICHAEL J. FOGARTY (editor) 1 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



Sincere appreciation is extended to Ronald Hersey who was responsible for coordination 

 of the Ad Hoc Lobster Larvae Committee and the initial preparations for this collection of 

 papers. The Committee is grateful for his enthusiasm and dedication. 1 am pleased to acknowl- 

 edge the many helpful comments and criticisms on individual papers in this volume by Thur- 

 ston Burns, J. Stanley Cobb, Richard Cooper, Gerald Ennis, Jay Krouse, Robert Lewis, Saul 

 Saila, Michael Sissenwine, and Aivars Stasko. 



'Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, 150 Fowler Street, Wickford, R.I.; present address: 

 Northeast Fisheries Center Woods Hole Laboratory, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, Woods Hole, MA 

 02543. 



