CONTENTS 
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EDITOR'S PREFACE vii 
Mr. Samuel E. McCoy 
WELCOME x 
Dr. James P. Thomas 
INTRODUCTION OF SENATOR MATHIAS 3 
Mr. William G. Gordon 
CONGRESSIONAL VIEWS 5 
Senator Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. 
SEMINAR INTRODUCTION 13 
Dr. Christopher F. D'Elia 
CHESAPEAKE BAY, HISTORY, RESOURCES. 
AND POLLUTION 
HISTORY, GEOLOGY, AND DEMOGRAPHICS 19 
Drs. Robert B. Biggs and Grace S. Brush 
CLIMATE AND CIRCULATION 33 
Dr. William C. Boicourt 
RESOURCES AND ECONOMICS 41 
Dr. Herbert M. Austin 
TOXIC POLLUTION: ORGANIC POLLUTANTS 45 
Dr. Robert J. Huggett 
TOXIC POLLUTION 49 
Dr. James G. Sanders 
SUBMERGED AQUATIC VEGETATION 59 
Drs. Robert J. Orth and Polly J. Penhale 
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