ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Numerous individuals have given direct or indirect assistance
during the preparation of this review. Along scientific and technical
lines, I wish to acknowledge Dr. Sidney J. Townsley, Dr. Lary V.
Davis, Dr. Ernst S. Reese, Dr. Berry S. Muir, Dr. Peiter van Wee1 and
Dr. Fred I. Kamemoto, all of the Department of Zoology, University
of Hawaii, for providing technical information, reprints, and unpublished data. Thanks are also due to Dr. E. Alison Kay, Department
of Science, University of Hawaii, for her assistance relative to the
Mollusca ; Dr. Aage Mdler Christensen, Marinbiologiske Laboratorium,
Helsingerr, Denmark, for information on crabs ; Dr. Demorest Davenport, University of California, Santa Barbara, for information pertaining
to host-symbiont attractions ; Dr. Kenneth K. Chew, University of
Washington, for information pertaining to parasites found in molluscs
on the west coast of the United States; Mrs. M. B. Chitwood, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, for information
pertaining to nematodes; Dr. Eugene C. Bovee, University of California, Los Angeles, for information pertaining to the amoebae; and
Dr. Horton H. Hobbs, Jr., U.S. National Museum, for assistance
relative to the taxonomy of certain animals mentioned herein.
Relative to my researches quoted in this review, I wish to acknowledge several individuals who have served as research associates or
assistants during these studies. My thanks go to Dr. Bob G. Sanders,
California Institute of Technology, Dr. Randall W. Snyder, Jr., University of Virginia School of Medicine, Mr. Alan B. Blumenthal, California
Institute of Technology, Mr. Arthur W. Rourke, University of Connecticut, Dr. Alan H. Anderson, University of Rhode Island, and Mr.
Richard W. Burton, Rhode Island Department of Fish and Game.
Financial support for my studies was provided by grants from the
National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the
Office of Research Administration of the University of Hawaii, and the
American Cancer Society.
I wish to acknowledge the fact that the preparation of this paper
was initiated while I was on the staff of the Northeast Shellfish Research
Center, U.S. Public Health Service, and I am grateful to the Director,
Dr. Carl N. Shuster, Jr., who made certain facilities available to me.
My thanks also go to the library staffs at the Marine Biological
Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, the University of Rhode
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Numerous individuals have given direct or indirect assistance
during the preparation of this review. Along scientific and technical
lines, I wish to acknowledge Dr. Sidney J. Townsley, Dr. Lary V.
Davis, Dr. Ernst S. Reese, Dr. Berry S. Muir, Dr. Peiter van Wee1 and
Dr. Fred I. Kamemoto, all of the Department of Zoology, University
of Hawaii, for providing technical information, reprints, and unpublished data. Thanks are also due to Dr. E. Alison Kay, Department
of Science, University of Hawaii, for her assistance relative to the
Mollusca ; Dr. Aage Mdler Christensen, Marinbiologiske Laboratorium,
Helsingerr, Denmark, for information on crabs ; Dr. Demorest Davenport, University of California, Santa Barbara, for information pertaining
to host-symbiont attractions ; Dr. Kenneth K. Chew, University of
Washington, for information pertaining to parasites found in molluscs
on the west coast of the United States; Mrs. M. B. Chitwood, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, for information
pertaining to nematodes; Dr. Eugene C. Bovee, University of California, Los Angeles, for information pertaining to the amoebae; and
Dr. Horton H. Hobbs, Jr., U.S. National Museum, for assistance
relative to the taxonomy of certain animals mentioned herein.
Relative to my researches quoted in this review, I wish to acknowledge several individuals who have served as research associates or
assistants during these studies. My thanks go to Dr. Bob G. Sanders,
California Institute of Technology, Dr. Randall W. Snyder, Jr., University of Virginia School of Medicine, Mr. Alan B. Blumenthal, California
Institute of Technology, Mr. Arthur W. Rourke, University of Connecticut, Dr. Alan H. Anderson, University of Rhode Island, and Mr.
Richard W. Burton, Rhode Island Department of Fish and Game.
Financial support for my studies was provided by grants from the
National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the
Office of Research Administration of the University of Hawaii, and the
American Cancer Society.
I wish to acknowledge the fact that the preparation of this paper
was initiated while I was on the staff of the Northeast Shellfish Research
Center, U.S. Public Health Service, and I am grateful to the Director,
Dr. Carl N. Shuster, Jr., who made certain facilities available to me.
My thanks also go to the library staffs at the Marine Biological
Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, the University of Rhode
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