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I would like to thank my wife, Kristin, and my family for their support throughout this effort. My sincere thanks also go to Curt Peterson, my advisor, for thoughtful discussions, patience, and giving me the opportunity to work on this project.
Assistance in the field was benefited by Debra Doyle, Kristian Vockler, and Sheryl Zinsli whom I hereby thank. I would like to thank Tom Horning, Jim, and Toni Phipps for their hospitality during fieldwork. A thank-you also goes to Gene Pierson for maintaining field and lab equipment used in this study. Thanks go to Mark Darienzo for his assistance in identifying key diatom species and to Leonard Swanson for help with statistics. My thanks go to Linda Anderson and Julie Clark for their critical editing comments. I thank the members of my committee, Ken Cruikshank, Trevor Smith, and Richard Thoms, for their thoughtful comments.
A special thank-you to Ron Merila and the City of Aberdeen for providing detailed contour maps and city elevation data. I would like to thank Oregon Sea Grant (Contract # NA36RG0551) and Oregon Graduate Institute for funding this project. Finally, I thank God for making it all happen.