Richard F. Lee is a professor of oceanography at the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography. He received a Ph.D. in marine biology from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego in 1970. His current research interests include ecotoxicology, crab diseases and mariculture. Lee has been studying Hematodinium in blue crab since 1998. Address: Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, 10 Ocean Science Circle, Savannah, GA 31411. Internet:dick@skio.peachnet.edu