G. Philip Robertson,^* Scott L. Collins,^** David R. Foster,^*** Nicholas Brokaw,^**** Hugh W. Ducklow,^***** Ted L. Gragson,^****** Corinna Gries,^******* Stephen K. Hamilton,^******** A. David McGuire,^********* John C. Moore,^********** Emily H. Stanley,^*********** Robert B. Waide,^************ Mark W. Williams<sup>*************


*</sup>G. Philip Robertson (robertson@kbs.msu.edu) is a professor with the W. K. Kellogg Biological Station and with the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences at Michigan State University, in Hickory Corners.
^**Scott L. Collins is a professor in the Department of Biology at the University of New Mexico, in Albuquerque.
^***David R. Foster is a professor in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University and director of the Harvard Forest in Petersham, Massachusetts.
^****Nicholas Brokaw is a professor with the Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies at the University of Puerto Rico, in San Juan.
^*****Hugh W. Ducklow is a senior scientist and director of The Ecosystems Center at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
^******Ted L. Gragson is a professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Georgia, in Athens.
^*******Corinna Gries is a research scientist at the Center for Limnology at the University of Wisconsin, in Madison.
^********Stephen K. Hamilton is a professor in the Department of Zoology and the W. K. Kellogg Biological Station of Michigan State University, in Hickory Corners.
^*********A. David McGuire is a professor in the Department of Biology and Wildlife at the University of Alaska, in Fairbanks, and is affiliated with the US Geological Survey.
^**********John C. Moore is a professor and director of the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory at Colorado State University, in Fort Collins.
^***********Emily H. Stanley is a professor with the Center for Limnology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
^************Robert B. Waide is professor of biology at the University of New Mexico, in Albuquerque, and executive director of the Long Term Ecological Research Network.
^{*************}Mark W. Williams is a professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Colorado, in Boulder.