ROBERT J. ORTH,^* TIM J. B. CARRUTHERS,^** WILLIAM C. DENNISON,^*** CARLOS M. DUARTE,^**** JAMES W. FOURQUREAN,^***** KENNETH L. HECK,^****** A. RANDALL HUGHES,^******* GARY A. KENDRICK,^******** W. JUDSON KENWORTHY,^********* SUZANNE OLYARNIK,^********** FREDERICK T. SHORT,^*********** MICHELLE WAYCOTT,^************ SUSAN L. WILLIAMS<sup>*************,**************


*</sup>Robert J. Orth (e-mail: jjorth@vims.edu) is a professor in the School of Marine Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, VA 23062.
^**Tim J. B. Carruthers is a science integrator, for science applications and a professor at the Integration and Application Network, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Cambridge, MD 21613.
^***William C. Dennison is vice president for science applications and a professor at the Integration and Application Network, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Cambridge, MD 21613.
^****Carlos M. Duarte is a research professor at the Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas/Universidad de las Islas Baleares, Calle Miquel Marqués 21, 07190 Esporles, Islas Baleares, Spain.
^*****James W. Fourqurean is department chair of biological sciences and a member of the Southeast Environmental Research Center, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199.
^******Kenneth L. Heck Jr. is a professor and chair of university programs at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, AL 36528.
^*******A. Randall Hughes is a postdoctoral researcher, at the University of California at Davis; Hughes, Olyarnik
^********Gary A. Kendrick is an associate professor at the School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley 6009, Western Australia.
^*********W. Judson Kenworthy is a research biologist at the Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Beaufort, NC 28516.
^**********Suzanne Olyarnik is a graduate student, at the University of California at Davis; Hughes, Olyarnik
^***********Frederick T. Short is a research professor in the Department of Natural Resources and chair of the Natural Resources and Earth Systems Science PhD program at the University of New Hampshire, Jackson Estuarine Laboratory, Durham, NH 03824.
^************Michelle Waycott is a senior lecturer in the School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, 4811 Queensland, Australia.
^{*************}and Susan L. Williams is a professor at the University of California at Davis; Hughes, Olyarnik
^{**************}Williams are also associated with the Bodega Marine Laboratory, Bodega Bay, CA 94923.