Appreciation is extended particularly to the following NWFSC individuals for their 
assistance: Tonya Ramsey, Dan Kamikawa, Erica Fruh, Eric Eisenhardt, Keith Bosley, 
Victor Simon, Chad Keith, Chante Davis, Keri York, Josie Thompson, Jennifer Gilden, 
Jennie Flammang, Stacey Miller, Ian Stewart, Vanessa Tuttle, Jim Benante, Roger 
Clark, John Harms, Beth Horness, Lisa Lysak, Jennifer Menkel. 
Data coverage throughout the Southern California Bight portion of the study area 
(Pt. Conception, CA to the Mexican border) was made possible through coordination 
with a companion assessment conducted by SCCWRP during the same general time- 
frame using similar methods and indicators. Dr. Steven Weisberg, Director of 
SCCWRP, was the principal liaison for coordination with the Bight ’03 study. Additional 
assistance with coordination of sampling and data submission was provided by Ken 
Schiff, Larry Cooper, and Shelly Moore of SCCWRP. 
Editorial assistance with the document was provided by Jimmie Cheney and 
Karen Ebert. The report cover was produced with the assistance of Brian Garges of the 
Graphics Department of the National Health and Environmental Effects Research 
Laboratory (NHEERL). Technical reviews of this report were provided by Steven 
Gittings and Len Balthis with NOAA and by Valerie Partridge with Washington 
Department of Ecology. 
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