Zooplankton of the open Baltic: Extended Atlas - IOW

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors gratefully acknowledge Professor Dr. Hendrik Schubert,
Professor Dr. Lyudmila A. Kutikova, Professor Dr. Vladislav V. Khlebovich
and Professor Dr. Victor R. Alekseev for fruitful discussions and helpful
criticism of certain chapters of the manuscript.
The authors are thankful to Professor Dr. Ilppo Vuorinen and Dr. Juha
Flinkman for valuable comments on the checklist of mesozooplankton.
Photo courtesy of Professor Dr. Pauline Snoeijs, Dr. Bożena
Adamkiewicz-Chojnacka, Dr. Denis Zavarzin, Anneli Postel and Heide
Sandberg is acknowledged with gratitude.
The authors cordially thank Professor Dr. John G. Holt (USA), Hildra
Timothy (USA) and Olga Skarlato, MA (Russia, Canada) for the proofreading
of the text.
Valuable comments and suggestions of the reviewer, Academician,
Professor Dr. Alexander F. Alimov, have significantly improved the
manuscript and are highly appreciated.
The authors acknowledge the financial support of the University of
Rostock (Germany), German Ministry of Education and Scientific Research
(BMBF, project RUS 07/001), Russian Foundation for Basic Research
(projects 04-04-49207, 05-04-90588, 07-04-00662), grants for the Leading
Scientific School on Production Hydrobiology from Russian Ministry of
Education and Science (projects 5577.2006.4 and 1993.2008.4), and Russian
Programs “Biological Resources” and “Biodiversity”.
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