Money from sales to acquaintances only partly offset the $60,000 for samples and other expenses.
After the necropsy, Mr. Bowman planned to send samples and other data he collected to the fisheries service's regional office.
The officials said the scientist showed them documents, samples, and other evidence of the program that he claimed to have stolen to prove that the program existed.
Schools are accountable for improvement not only in test scores but also in student work samples and other indicators, like whether graduates go on to college.
Some bodies were so charred that officials were having trouble making identification and planned to use DNA samples and other methods.
"Core drill samples and other documents show a tremendous amount of gold underneath the original pit," Mr. Smith said in a telephone interview from his headquarters outside Detroit.
Vets will use humane traps to capture the squirrels and will take blood samples and other clinical samples for analysis before returning the animals to the wild.
The capsule was loaded with about 1,400 pounds of used equipment, experiment samples and other items -- but not garbage.
In that day's procedure, the Argentines wrote, "P.G.R. experts recovered evidence consisting of 42 ballistic elements, soil samples, and other non-biological evidence without having informed the E.A.A.F. or asked it to be there".
Two weeks ago, Loudeye, which is based in Seattle, signed a similar agreement with the America Online service of AOL Time Warner to provide music samples and other digital media services.
Underhill says that his core samples and other research, so far, support the idea of an ancient channel separating Paliki, although the study is continuing.
