Certain information on Antarctic foraminifera contained in this site is based
upon work supported by National Science Foundation grants DPP-8917375, OPP-9220146,
OPP-9725830, OPP-0003639, and ANT-0440769. Other aspects of information about
foraminiferal biology and benthic ecology were obtained during studies supported
by National Science Foundation grant DEB-0445181. Dr. Andrew Gooday's participation
in Antarctic foraminiferal research was supported in part by a NATO International
Scientific Exchange Program Collaborative Research Grant. Our research on primary
cilia was funded in part by fellowships and Grants-in-Aid awarded by the American
Heart Association, New York State Affiliate.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed here are
those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National
Science Foundation, NATO, the American Heart Association, the Wadsworth Center
for Laboratories and Research, the New York State Department of Health, The
University at Albany, or any other institution(s) administering or otherwise
associated with these research awards.
I thank the following individuals for their contributions to this web page: Dr. Stephen P. Alexander for expert advice on wildlife photography; Dr. Andrea Habura, Dr. William L. Stockton, Mr. George Silva, and Mr. Tim McEwen for advice on HTML and web issues; and Dr. Joan M. Bernhard, Mr. Robert L. Sanders, Dr. Andrea Habura, and Ms. Claudia Ricci for text and/or photographs. Dr. Conly L. Rieder, Dr. Denys Wheatley, Dr. C.A. (Tony) Poole, Dr. Cynthia Jensen, Dr. Robert Hard, and Dr. Rena Bizios constitute an international core of investigators interested in the properties and functions of primary cilia. I am forever grateful to them for fruitful discussions and encouragement. Dr. Stephen P. Alexander, Dr. Mark Cooper, Dr. Jeffery L. Travis, Dr. Andrew J. Gooday, Dr. Joan M. Bernhard, Dr. Neal Pollock, Mr. Robert Sanders, Mr. Douglas Coons, Dr. Jan Pawlowski, Dr. Sue Goldstein, Dr. Steven Hanes, Dr. Sergei Korsun, Dr. Roy Kinoshita, Mr. Lawrence Haywood, Mr. Phil Forte, and Mr. Gogi Gwardschaladse are the team of scientists and research divers who have participated in field research at Explorers Cove, Antarctica; this research constitutes an extension of projects pioneered by Drs. Ted E. DeLaca and William L. Stockton, for whom I am both indebted and damned for introducing me to Antarctic field research. We all owe thanks to the staff of the National Science Foundation, the pilots and crew of VXE-6, and the ASA and RPSC personnel who helped establish our Antarctic field camp (especially Oriol). We are particularly thankful for the friendly support and technical expertise of Mr. Quentin Rhoton, Mr. John Wright, and Mr. Marty Reed for fashioning dive holes, and Mr. Rob Robbins and Mr. James Mastro for maintaining our dive equipment. The members of our dive team quite literally owe their lives to these men. I also thank our cadre of undergraduate and high-school research students, visiting teachers, and technicians, including Dawn Breault, Sarah Broderick, Daralyn Corbett, Mary Cosgrove, Matt and Brian Curley, Callie English, Hannah Giles, Colleen Hayden, and Laura Wegener. Most importantly, I thank my family for their thoughts and prayers during the many months spent in Antarctica -- especially Ann Marie Dusza for her love and dedication, as well as her tolerance of my "other" passion in life.
This web site is dedicated to Professor Samuel M. McGee-Russell on the occasion of his retirement from the Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Albany. "Doc's" friendship and encouragement led directly to many of our studies. This site is also dedicated to the memory of Mrs. Julia Heath, who was afraid of bugs but nonetheless an enthusiastic supporter of the science pursuits of her "little devil" nephews. She is greatly missed by the Bowser family.
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