Irving A. Mendelssohn,^* Gary L. Andersen,^** Donald M. Baltz,^* Rex H. Caffey,^*** Kevin R. Carman,^**** John W. Fleeger,^**** Samantha B. Joye,^***** Qianxin Lin,^* Edward Maltby,^****** Edward B. Overton,^******* Lawrence P. Rozas<sup>********


*</sup>Irving A. Mendelssohn (imendel@lsu.edu), Donald M. Baltz, and Qianxin Lin are affiliated with the Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, at Louisiana State University, in Baton Rouge.
^**Gary L. Andersen is affiliated with the Center for Environmental Biotechnology, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, in Berkeley, California.
^***Rex H. Caffey is affiliated with the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness at Louisiana State University, in Baton Rouge.
^****Kevin R. Carman and John W. Fleeger are affiliated with the Department of Biological Sciences at Louisiana State University, in Baton Rouge.
^*****Samantha B. Joye is affiliated with the Department of Marine Science at the University of Georgia, in Athens.
^******Edward Maltby is affiliated with the School of Environmental Science at the University of Liverpool, in England.
^*******Edward B. Overton is affiliated with the Department of Environmental Sciences at Louisiana State University, in Baton Rouge.
^********Lawrence P. Rozas is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Service's Southeast Fisheries Science Center and Estuarine Habitats and Coastal Fisheries Center, in Lafayette, Louisiana.