Genetic Status of Atlantic Salmon in Maine: Interim Report from the Committee on Atlantic Salmon in Maine (2002)
Chapter: Front Matter
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COMMITTEE ON ATLANTIC SALMON IN MAINE
Members
MICHAEL T.CLEGG (Chair),
University of California, Riverside, California
PAUL K.BARTEN,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
IAN A.FLEMING,
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
MART R.GROSS,
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
LEWIS S.INCZE,
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, W.Boothbay Harbor, Maine
ANNE R.KAPUSCINSKI,
University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota
PATRICK O’BRIEN,
Chevron Research and Technology Company, Richmond, California
BARBARA NEIS,
Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland
NILS RYMAN,
Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
PETER E.SMOUSE,
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
JENNIFER L.SPECKER,
University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, Rhode Island
ROBERT R.STICKNEY,
Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas
JON G.SUTINEN,
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island
National Research Council Staff
DAVID POLICANSKY, Project Director
SUSAN ROBERTS, Senior Program Officer
RUTH E.CROSSGROVE, Editor
JENNIFER SAUNDERS, Research Assistant
MIRSADA KARALIC-LONCAREVIC, Research Assistant
LEAH L.PROBST, Senior Project Assistant
KELLY CLARK, Senior Editorial Assistant
JESSICA BROCK, Project Assistant
Sponsor
NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION
BOARD ON ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND TOXICOLOGY
Members
GORDON ORIANS (Chair),
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
JOHN DOULL (Vice Chair),
University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
DAVID ALLEN,
University of Texas, Austin, Texas
INGRID C.BURKE,
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
THOMAS BURKE,
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
WILLIAM L.CHAMEIDES,
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
CHRISTOPHER B.FIELD,
Carnegie Institute of Washington, Stanford, California
J.PAUL GILMAN,
Celera Genomics, Rockville, Maryland
DANIEL S.GREENBAUM,
Health Effects Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts
BRUCE D.HAMMOCK,
University of California, Davis, California
ROGENE HENDERSON,
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico
CAROL HENRY,
American Chemistry Council, Arlington, Virginia
ROBERT HUGGETT,
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
JAMES H.JOHNSON,
Howard University, Washington, D.C.
JAMES F.KITCHELL,
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
DANIEL KREWSKI,
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
JAMES A.MACMAHON,
Utah State University, Logan, Utah
WILLEM F.PASSCHIER,
Health Council of the Netherlands, The Hague
ANN POWERS,
Pace University School of Law, White Plains, New York
LOUISE M.RYAN,
Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
KIRK SMITH,
University of California, Berkeley, California
LISA SPEER,
Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, New York
Senior Staff
JAMES J.REISA, Director
DAVID J.POLICANSKY, Associate Director and Senior Program Director for Applied Ecology
RAYMOND A.WASSEL, Senior Program Director for Environmental Sciences and Engineering
KULBIR BAKSHI, Program Director for Committee on Toxicology
ROBERTA M.WEDGE, Program Director for Risk Analysis
K.JOHN HOLMES, Senior Staff Officer
RUTH E.CROSSGROVE, Managing Editor
OCEAN STUDIES BOARD
Members
KENNETH BRINK (Chair),
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
ARTHUR BAGGEROER,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
JAMES COLEMAN,
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
CORT COOPER,
Chevron Petroleum Technology, San Ramon, California
LARRY CROWDER,
Duke University, Beaufort, North Carolina
G.BRENT DALRYMPLE,
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
EARL DOYLE,
Shell Oil (ret.), Sugar Land, Texas
ROBERT DUCE,
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
D.JAY GRIMES,
University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, Mississippi
RAY HILBORN,
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
MIRIAM KASTNER,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California
CINDY LEE,
State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York
ROGER LUKAS,
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii
BONNIE MCCAY,
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
RAM MOHAN,
Blasland, Bouck & Lee, Inc., Annapolis, Maryland
SCOTT NIXON,
University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, Rhode Island
NANCY RABALAIS,
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Chauvin, Louisiana
WALTER SCHMIDT,
Florida Geological Survey, Tallahassee, Florida
JON SUTINEN,
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island
NANCY TARGETT,
University of Delaware, Lewes, Delaware
PAUL TOBIN,
Xtria, Chantilly, Virginia
Senior Staff
MORGAN GOPNIK, Director
SUSAN ROBERTS, Senior Program Officer
DAN WALKER, Senior Program Officer
JOANNE C.BINTZ, Program Officer
JENNIFER MERRILL, Program Officer
TERRY L.SCHAEFER, Program Officer
JOHN DANDELSKI, Research Associate
ROBIN MORRIS, Financial Officer
SHIREL SMITH, Office Manager
JODI BACHIM, Senior Project Assistant
NANCY CAPUTO, Senior Project Assistant
DENISE GREENE, Senior Project Assistant
DARLA KOENIG, Senior Project Assistant
JULIE PULLEY, Project Assistant
Acknowledgment of Review Participants
This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the NRC’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report:
Edward Baum, Atlantic Salmon Unlimited
Roger Doyle, Genetic Computation Ltd.
William Hershberger, National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture
James Kitchell, University of WisconsinIrving Kornfield, University of Maine
Martha Mather, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Nancy Targett, University of Delaware
Fred Utter, University of Washington
David Wake, University of California, Berkeley
Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions or recommendations nor did they see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by John Dowling, Harvard University. Appointed by the National Research Council, he was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.
