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9. Acknowledgements
This report was compiled in August 2008 by Martin Krogh, Aaron Wright and Jan
Miller of the Waters and Coastal Science Section, Scientific Services Division,
Department of Environment and Climate Change.
A large number of people from many agencies have helped in some way in the
delivery of this project, either through provision of data, clarification of
sampling/methodology issues and/or contributions to reviewing and discussing
various components of the monitoring program and report. Their contributions are
gratefully acknowledged.
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