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Suggested Citation:"FRONT MATTER." National Research Council. 1994. Priorities for Coastal Ecosystem Science. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/4932.
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Priorities for Coastal Ecosystem Science

Committee to Identify High-Priority Science to Meet National Coastal Needs

Ocean Studies Board

Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources

National Research Council

National Academy Press
Washington, D.C.
1994

Suggested Citation:"FRONT MATTER." National Research Council. 1994. Priorities for Coastal Ecosystem Science. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/4932.
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Suggested Citation:"FRONT MATTER." National Research Council. 1994. Priorities for Coastal Ecosystem Science. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/4932.
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COMMITTEE TO IDENTIFY HIGH-PRIORITY SCIENCE TO MEET NATIONAL COASTAL NEEDS

DONALD F. BOESCH, Chair,

University of Maryland, Cambridge

MARY G. ALTALO,

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California

DAVID L. CORRELL,

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, Maryland

MICHAEL J. DAGG,

Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Chauvin

JOHN MARK DEAN,

University of South Carolina, Columbia

JOHN W. FARRINGTON,

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts

EDWARD D. GOLDBERG,

University of California, San Diego

ROBERT W. HOWARTH,

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

MICHAEL N. JOSSELYN,

San Francisco State University, Tiburon, California

WILLIAM MICHAEL KEMP,

University of Maryland, Cambridge

JOAN OLTMAN-SHAY,

Northwest Research Associates, Inc., Bellevue, Washington

THOMAS C. ROYER,

University of Alaska, Fairbanks

Staff

EDWARD R. URBAN, JR., Study Director

LaVONCYÉ MALLORY, Project Assistant

CURTIS TAYLOR, Project Assistant

Suggested Citation:"FRONT MATTER." National Research Council. 1994. Priorities for Coastal Ecosystem Science. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/4932.
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OCEAN STUDIES BOARD

WILLIAM MERRELL, Chair,

Texas A&M University, Galveston

ROBERT A. BERNER,

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

DONALD F. BOESCH,

University of Maryland, Cambridge

GERALD CANN,

Independent Consultant, Rockville, Maryland

ROBERT CANNON,

Stanford University, California

WILLIAM CURRY,

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts

ELLEN DRUFFEL,

University of California, Irvine

RANA FINE,

University of Miami, Florida

JOHN E. FLIPSE, Consultant

MICHAEL FREILICH,

Oregon State University, Corvallis

GORDON GREVE, Consultant

SUSAN HANNA,

Oregon State University, Corvallis

ROBERT KNOX,

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California

JOHN MAGNUSON,

University of Wisconsin, Madison

ARTHUR R. M. NOWELL,

University of Washington, Seattle

BARRY RALEIGH,

University of Hawaii, Honolulu

PETER RHINES,

University of Washington, Seattle

FRANK RICHTER,

University of Chicago, Illinois

BRIAN ROTHSCHILD,

University of Maryland, Solomons

THOMAS ROYER,

University of Alaska, Fairbanks

LYNDA SHAPIRO,

University of Oregon, Charleston

SHARON SMITH,

University of Miami, Florida

PAUL STOFFA,

University of Texas, Austin

Staff

MARY HOPE KATSOUROS, Director

EDWARD R. URBAN, JR., Staff Officer

ROBIN PEUSER, Research Associate

MARY PECHACEK, Administrative Associate

ROBIN ALLEN, Senior Project Assistant

LaVONCYÉ MALLORY, Senior Secretary

CURTIS TAYLOR, Office Assistant

Suggested Citation:"FRONT MATTER." National Research Council. 1994. Priorities for Coastal Ecosystem Science. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/4932.
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COMMISSION ON GEOSCIENCES, ENVIRONMENT, AND RESOURCES

M. GORDON WOLMAN, Chair,

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

PATRICK R. ATKINS,

Aluminum Company of America, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

EDITH BROWN WEISS,

Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.

JAMES P. BRUCE,

Canadian Climate Program Board, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

WILLIAM L. FISHER,

University of Texas, Austin

EDWARD A. FRIEMAN,

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California

GEORGE M. HORNBERGER,

University of Virginia, Charlottesville

W. BARCLAY KAMB,

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena

PERRY L. MCCARTY,

Stanford University, California

S. GEORGE PHILANDER,

Princeton University, New Jersey

RAYMOND A. PRICE,

Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada

THOMAS A. SCHELLING,

University of Maryland, College Park

ELLEN SILBERGELD,

Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, D.C.

STEVEN M. STANLEY,

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

VICTORIA J. TSCHINKEL,

Landers and Parsons, Tallahassee, Florida

Staff

STEPHEN RATTIEN, Executive Director

STEPHEN D. PARKER, Associate Executive Director

MORGAN GOPNIK, Assistant Executive Director

JEANETTE SPOON, Administrative Officer

SANDI FITZPATRICK, Administrative Associate

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