Technology Transfer and Scientific Relevance
By Porter Hoagland and Hauke Kite-Powell

The Application of Video Image Processing to the Study of Nearshore Processes
By Rob A. Holman , Asbury H. Sallenger Jr., Tom C. Lippmann, and John W. Haines

Autonomous Oceanographic Sampling Networks
By Thomas B. Curtin, James G. Bellingham, Josko Catipovic, and Doug Webb

Probing Marine Systems with Ribosomal RNAs
By Stephen Giovannoni and S. Craig Cary

Resolution of Biological Microstructure Through In Situ Fluorescence Emission Spectra: An Oceanographic Application Using Optical Fibers
By Timothy J. Cowles and Russell A. Desiderio

Development of Underwater Acoustic Modems and Networks
By Josko Catipovic , David Brady, and teven Etchemendy

The Secret Life of Marine Mammals: Novel Tools for Studying Their Behavior and Biology at Sea
By Daniel P. Costa

Small Autonomous Aircraft for Economical Oceanographic Observations on a Wide Scale
By Tad McGeer and Greg J. Holland

QUARTERDECK • Technology Transfer is Part of Our Heritage
By Richard W. Spinrad

LETTER TO THE EDITOR •
Letter to the Editors. 1993. Oceanography 6(3):67.

THE FUTURE OF OCEANOGRAPHY • Fluorescence Efficiency of Surface Seawater as a Function of Excitation and Emission Wavelength
By Sarah A. Green

REVIEW AND COMMENT • The Application of Marine Sciences in the Coming Decades
By Melbourne Briscoe and David Evans