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Concluding Remarks
Obviously we are at an ealy stage of our project, but initial results have been quite encouraging.
It appes to us that simplifications are neeed for these instrments to be suitable for use by
coasta resource managers. An improved instrction and trning manual would be useful to
assist novice users in the maintenance and operation of equipment, and in the use of
accompanying software. An importt par of remaining work for us wil be to check caibration
and instrmenta drift resulting from fouling of sensors by organisms and other varables.
Durabilty and maintenance requirements, to be assesse in the future, are other considerations
in the accptabilty of electronic instrments. A final point is the cost of monitoring instrments
and sources for funding. The coasta planning and management work being conducted at
Edgarown is supported by a private group, the Edgarown Harbor Assoiation, Inc., which has
raise $120,00 per yea for a three yea program. Although in this instace the funds were not
use to purchase monitoring instrments, it does indicate local groups are wiling to make
substatial expenditures in the interest of coasta protetion. Reductions in instrment cost wil
obviously be a major factor in the growth of this market. Telemetr ca be an importt cost
saving feature, and modem or r/f linkages to service centers ca save on troubleshooting costs.
Acknowledgements
The initiation of this coperative project ca largely be attrbuted to Malte von Matthiessen,
President of YSI, Inc. Several ENDECO employees, espeially Richard Butler, Michael Lizotte
and Kevin McClung have played key roles. We are grateful to numerous staff of the Woos
Hole Ocographic Institution, parcularly Dr. Philp Richardson and Dr. Graham Giese. Ms.
Terr McKee procsse data and prepared data graphics. Severa Summer Student Fellows have
helpe analyze data, notably Mr. Terrence Howald and Ms. Elizabeth Dobbins. At Edgarown
Harbor Mr. Eric Kipp coordinated field logistics. We are grateful to Mr. Gray Bryan, President
of the Edgarown Harbor Assoiation, and members of the Assoiation itself, for their support
of our work.
* Portons of this paper also appeed in the October 1989 issue of SEA TECHNOLOGY
magazine as an arcle by A. Gaines and R. Butler entitled, "Edgarown Harbor Provides Model
for Harbor Resources Management. "
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