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        <ExplanationTxt>DR. FRED C. DOBBS - OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY, NORFOLK, VA 23529. DR DENISE BREITBURG - SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER, EDGEWATER, MD 21037. DR DENICE WARDROP - PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY PARK, PA 16802. DR JOHN M KLINCK - OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY, NORFOLK, VA 23529. DR MARK LUCKENBACH - VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE, GLOUCESTER POINT, VA 23062. DR LARRY NAGAHARA - JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, BALTIMORE, MD 21218. DR JOHN T WELLS - VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE, GLOUCESTER POINT, VA 23062. DR ROBERT BROOKS - PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY PARK, PA 16802. DR ANSON HINES - SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER, EDGEWATER, MD 21037. DR EDWARD BOUWER - JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, BALTIMORE, MD 21218. DR DONALD BOESCH - UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND, CAMBRIDGE, MD 21613. DR WILLIAM DENNISON - UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND, CAMBRIDGE, MD 21613.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c:</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>THE AUDIT PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEARS.</ExplanationTxt>
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