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Appendix E: Support of Ocean Sciences at NSF from 1966 to 1999
Pages 247-249

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... At the end of the international Decade of Ocean tixploratlon (llama;) , the funds were appropriately merged into the corresponding programs of the Ocean Sciences Research Section (OSRS)
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... . Although these totals represent a rough estimate of NSF expenditures in marine-related fields, they are a minimum estimate because they do not include any expenditures in other branches of Nob, such as Polar Programs or programs within the present-day Directorate for Biosciences in the area of marine biology.
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