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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ONC is primarily funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Government
of Canada, University of Victoria, and Government of British Columbia. Thank
you to Mark Rankin for preparing Figure 1, and to Norman Coloma for Figure 4.
Many thanks to the captains and crew of R/V T.G. Thompson, CCGS John P. Tully,
and E/V Nautilus, as well as the crews of the remotely operated vehicles ROPOS,
Hercules, Odysseus, and Millennium. Finally, and most importantly, we would
like to thank all the researchers who have been fascinated by the Endeavour
Segment and provided the impetus for its designation as an MPA. In particu
lar, we thank S.K. Juniper (in memoriam) for his passion, enthusiasm, and curi
osity, all of which spurred a multitude of new and exciting discoveries about
Endeavour vent communities.
AUTHORS
Steven F. Mihály, Fabio C. De Leo, Ella Minicola (ellaminicola@oceannetworks.ca),
Lanfranco Muzi, Martin Heesemann, Kate Moran, and Jesse Hutchinson,
Ocean Networks Canada, Victoria, BC, Canada.
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Mihály, S.F., F.C. De Leo, E. Minicola, L. Muzi, M. Heesemann, K. Moran, and
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