Bridging Boundaries Through Regional Marine Research (2000)
Chapter: Front Matter
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COMMITTEE ON THE ASSESSMENT OF REGIONAL MARINE RESEARCH PROGRAMS
THOMAS MALONE, Chair,
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences, Cambridge
BRIAN BAIRD,
California Resources Agency, Sacramento
MARGARET MARY BRADY,
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Boston
ROBERT DEAN,
University of Florida, Gainesville
D. JAY GRIMES,
The University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs
SUSAN HENRICHS,
University of Alaska, Fairbanks
JOHN KNAUSS,
University of Rhode Island, Narragansett
JOHN BRADFORD MOONEY, JR.,
J. Brad Mooney Associates, Ltd., Arlington, Virginia
MICHAEL MULLIN,
University of California, San Diego
ROBERT O'BOYLE,
Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Nova Scotia, Canada
ROBERT PAINE,
University of Washington, Seattle
LESLIE ROSENFELD,
Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California
Staff
SUSAN ROBERTS, Study Director
SHARI MAGUIRE, Research Assistant
OCEAN STUDIES BOARD
KENNETH BRINK, Chair,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts
ALICE ALLDREDGE,
University of California, Santa Barbara
DAVID BRADLEY,
Pennsylvania State University, State College
DAN BROMLEY,
University of Wisconsin, Madison
OTIS BROWN,
University of Miami, Florida
JAMES COLEMAN,
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
CORT COOPER,
Chevron Petroleum Technology, San Ramon, California
CARL FRIEHE,
University of California, Irvine
RAY HILBORN,
University of Washington, Seattle
EDWARD HOUDE,
University of Maryland, Solomons
JOHN KNAUSS,
University of California, San Diego
ROBERT KNOX,
University of California, San Diego
RAY KRONE,
University of California, Davis
CINDY LEE,
State University of New York, Stony Brook
ROGER LUKAS,
University of Hawaii, Manoa
NANCY MARCUS,
Florida State University, Tallahassee
NEIL OPDYKE,
University of Florida, Gainesville
MICHAEL ORBACH,
Duke University Marine Laboratory, Beaufort, North Carolina
WALTER SCHMIDT,
Florida Geological Survey, Tallahassee
GEORGE SOMERO,
Stanford University, Pacific Grove, California
KARL TUREKIAN,
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Staff
MORGAN GOPNIK, Director
EDWARD R. URBAN, JR., Senior Program Officer
DAN WALKER, Senior Program Officer
ALEXANDRA ISERN, Program Officer
SUSAN ROBERTS, Program Officer
ROBIN MORRIS, Financial Associate
LORA TAYLOR, Office Manager
SHARI MAGUIRE, Research Assistant
ANN CARLISLE, Senior Project Assistant
JODI BACHIM, Project Assistant
MEGAN KELLY, Project Assistant
COMMISSION ON GEOSCIENCES, ENVIRONMENT, AND RESOURCES
GEORGE M. HORNBERGER, Chair,
University of Virginia, Charlottesville
RICHARD A. CONWAY,
Union Carbide Corporation (Retired), S. Charleston, West Virginia
THOMAS E. GRAEDEL,
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
THOMAS J. GRAFF,
Environmental Defense Fund, Oakland, California
EUGEENIA KALNAY,
University of Oklahoma, Norman
DEBRA KNOPMAN,
Progressive Policy Institute, Washington, DC
KAI N. LEE,
Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts
JOHN B. MOONEY, JR.,
J. Brad Mooney Associates, Ltd., Arlington, Virginia
HUGH C. MORRIS,
El Dorado Gold Corporation, Vancouver, British Columbia
H. RONALD PULLIAM,
University of Georgia, Athens
MILTON RUSSELL,
Joint Institute for Energy and Environment and University of Tennessee (Emeritus), Knoxville
THOMAS C. SCHELLING,
University of Maryland, College Park
ANDREW R. SOLOW,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts
VICTORIA J. TSCHINKEL,
Landers and Parsons, Tallahassee, Florida
E-AN ZEN,
University of Maryland, College Park
MARY LOU ZOBACK,
U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California
Staff
ROBERT M. HAMILTON, Executive Director
GREGORY H. SYMMES, Associate Executive Director
JEANETTE SPOON, Administrative and Financial Officer
DAVID FEARY, Scientific Reports Officer
SANDI FITZPATRICK, Administrative Associate
MARQUITA SMITH, Administrative Assistant/Technology Analyst
Acknowledgments
The Committee for the Assessment of Regional Marine Research Programs is very grateful to the many individuals who played a significant role in the completion of this study. The committee met three times, and extends its gratitude to the following individuals who appeared before the full committee or otherwise provided background information and discussed pertinent issues: Donald Anderson, Ronald Baird, Wendell Brown, George Crozier, Michael Dagg, Gregory Ducote, Paul Howard, Terry Howey, Lewis Incze, David Johnson, Matt Liebman, Alexis Lugo-Fernandez, Gene Meier, Judy Pederson, Donald Scavia, Peter Shelley, David Townsend, Robert Wall, Gordon Wallace, and Dolores Wesson.
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 National Research Council's (NRC) Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making the 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 participation in the review of this report: Robert Bailey (Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development), Donald F. Boesch (University of Maryland System), B.J. Copeland (North Carolina State University), Robert Dalrymple (University of Delaware), Barbara Hickey (University of Washington), Richard Jahnke (Skidaway Institution of Oceanography), and Andrew R. Solow (Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution). While the individuals listed above provided constructive comments and suggestions, it must be emphasized that responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.
The committee gratefully acknowledges the efforts of the Ocean Studies Board (OSB) staff who helped produce this report, particularly the study director, Susan Roberts, and the research assistant, Shari Maguire. For their advice and efforts in bringing this activity to fruition the committee wishes to thank Morgan Gopnik, OSB Director and Ed Urban, OSB Senior Program Officer.
The committee is also grateful for the assistance provided by the following individuals who provided additional background material, data, publication lists, and figures for consideration and use by the committee: William Balch, Eugenia Braasch, Leon Cammen, Philip Gschwend, Lewis Incze, Maureen Keller, Joseph Kelley, Dennis Leigh, S. Bradley Moran, Vijay Panchang, Neal Pettigrew, Cynthia Pilskaln, Nancy Rabalais, Sandra Shumway, Robert Talbot, and Huijie Xue.
For her assistance in data gathering, preparation, and consultation the committee extends its thanks to Constance Carter (Library of Congress).
