Acknowledgments

The ERED was developed with support provided by the following agencies: Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, through the Dredging Operations Technical Support (DOTS) Program, Mr. Joseph R. Wilson (CECW-OD), Technical Monitor; the New York and New England Districts of the Corps of Engineers; and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water. The database was constructed under contract from the U.S. Engineer Research and Development Center, Waterways Experiment Station, Environmental Laboratory to Battelle Marine Science Laboratories. Data were compiled by Battelle Marine Science Laboratories, Sequim, WA, URS Consultants, Seattle, WA; and MEC Analytical, Sequim, WA; the query software was written by Battelle Ocean Sciences Laboratory, Duxbury, MA. The database is maintained and administered by the Environmental Laboratory, Engineer Research and Development Center, Waterways Experiment Station.

The following individuals made substantial technical contributions to the development of the ERED: Liam Antrim, Ramona Baldwin, Heather Boge, Todd Bridges, Ellen Baptiste-Carpenter, Robert Carpenter, Lindsey Davis, Trudy Davis, Suzanne Deveney, Ted DeWitt, Paul Dragos, Margaret Fletcher-Garris, Dave Fredriksson, Tom Gulbransen, Charlie Lutz, David Moore, Burt Shephard, Dave Shreffler, Scott Sauchuk, Bruce Titus, Tylon Willingham, Jeff Ward, Cindy Word and Jack Word.