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By the sea ...
Writers discuss the past, present, and future of the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Massachusetts (right). One researcher refers to its "unique value," a "powerful intellectual ferment," and "summer-long interactions of a remarkable mixture of minds." The percentage of "human population ... concentrated near [sea] coasts" is pinned down. And a paleontologist notes with irony that the sale price of the fossil Tyrannosaurus rex Sue was huge, while the discipline of paleontology suffers from a dearth of funding.How to Submit a Letter to the Editor
Volume 278, Number 5341,
Issue of 14 November 1997
pp. 1209- 1213.
Letters in This Issue
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Affection for the MBL
Sheldon J. Segal James F. Case James L. Olds |
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The Extinction of Paleontology?
Michael S. Y. Lee |
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Estimates of Coastal Populations
Joel E. Cohen et al. Peter M. Vitousek and Harold A. Mooney |
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Genetics of Parkinson's Disease
Timothy Lynch Mihael H. Polymeropoulos |
