Acknowledgments
My special thanks go to the authors of the 269 topic entries
comprising the Encyclopedia of Estuaries. These contributions constitute a tremendous amount of work by many
outstanding scientists from around the world. I also
acknowledge the Editorial Board assembled for this work
consisting of world-class scientists, notably Drs. Daniel
Alongi, Donald Boesch, Walter Boynton, Carlos Duarte,
Paul Harrison, Robert Howarth, Lisa Levin, and the late
Scott Nixon.
I am grateful to the Springer personnel who were critical to the production of this volume, including Sylvia
Blago, Johanna Klute, and Petra van Steenbergen. They
were involved with the work from its inception.
Dr. Charles Finkl, Series Editor for the Encyclopedia of
Earth Science Series, was instrumental in ensuring the
successful completion of the encyclopedia. He continually
provided the essential guidance to deal with the many pitfalls encountered during the road to publication. I cannot
overemphasize Charlie’s important role in the process.
Finally, I thank my colleagues in the Department of
Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers University who
provided a great source of information during the development of the topic entries for the Encyclopedia of Estuaries.