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Acknowledgments
The text of this web page was written by Carol Pesch, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory, Atlantic Ecology Division, Narragansett, RI 02882. The material for the text was taken from three publications: Pesch, C.E. and J. Garber; Pesch, C.E., R.A.Voyer, J. Copeland, G, Morrison, and J. Lund; and Voyer, R.A., C.E. Pesch, J. Garber, J. Copeland, and R. Comeleo (see bibliography for complete citation).
Many people had input to the publications listed above. The authors thank the following for assistance in finding information: Judith Lund, Virginia Adams, Judy Downey, New Bedford Whaling Museum; Paul Cyr, Tina Furtado, Joan Barney, New Bedford Public Library; Debra Charpentier, Millicent Library, Fairhaven; Bill Boucher, Mario Gomes, Mary Eves, Leon Halle, Engineering Department, New Bedford; Ronald Labelle, Vincent Furtado, Department of Public Works, New Bedford; John Simpson, Director of New Bedford Harbor Development Commission; Roseanne Gamache, Garcia Consulting; Robert Morris, Library of Congress; Arthur Bennet, Tony Souza, WHALE; Arthur Screpetis, Office of Watershed Management, MA; David Whittaker, Mass. Division of Marine Fisheries; Richard Pruell, U.S. EPA, Atlantic Ecology Division; Joe Thomas, Spinner Publications; Maury Klein, University of Rhode Island. We thank George Morrison (now retired) and Jane Copeland, OAO Corporation (currently at Computer Sciences Corporation), for preparing the GIS maps, and Patricia DeCastro, OAO Corporation (currently at Computer Sciences Corporation), for preparing graphs. Finally, thanks to Drs. John Paul, Hal Walker, and Jim Latimer of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Health and Ecological Effects Research Laboratory, Atlantic Ecology Division for reviewing the material on the web site, and Ken Rhan, OAO Corporation (currently at Computer Sciences Corporation), for editorial comments.
This web page was designed by Scott McAskill, OAO Corporation (currently at Computer Sciences Corporation), Narragansett, RI.
Any comments, corrections, or additional information will be gratefully accepted from readers of this web page. Please send comments to pesch.carol@epa.gov.