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Acknowledgements

Dr. James Fenwick, professor of applied statistics at Millersville University, and Dr. Brian Adams, assistant professor of computer science at Franklin & Marshall College, taught the researcher statistical methods for data analyses. Dr. Pamela Vercellone Smith, research associate at Pennsylvania State University, assisted in the microbial community study design by recommending EcoPlates™. Dr. Andrew Draxler of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, based at the James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory in Sandy Hook, NJ, provided background about Oyster Creek and the surrounding area. Mrs. Vasantha Kittappa, chair of the Science Department at Lancaster Catholic High School in Lancaster, PA, was the teacher/sponsor of the study.