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Comments on NPRB Draft Science Plan – Chapter 3
Pages 9-11

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... There are 26 sites representing diverse ecosystems and research thrusts, and the network strives to promote synthesis and comparative research, and thus should be an important information source to the NPRB as it matures. They may be willing to share information on data management, archiving, and program coordination.
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... Given the limited resources, the committee recommends that high priority be given to the development and use of biophysical/ecosystem models of increasing complexity to focus research efforts and to synthesize observations from long term monitoring projects and from other historical data when it is developed. One of the ultimate goals of an Integrated Ecosystem Research Project should be the prediction of future ecosystem states in response to natural variability and human activities.
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... · Edit line 21 on page 53 as follows: "...based on interdisciplinary cooperation, as a means of addressing pressing fisheries management needs ..." 11
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Key Terms

  • ecosystem research
  • integrated ecosystem
  • ecological research
  • consider communicating
  • trophic level

  • term ecological
  • research network
  • fisheries management
  • focus research
  • geographic focus

  • monitoring projects
  • operation fall
  • specify geographic
  • extend time
  • identified geographic

  • mission statement
  • nprb verify
  • lines backward
  • nprb operation
  • includes support

  • comparative research
  • nprb divide
  • process studies
  • annual research
  • plan begins

  • committee suggests
  • regional environment
  • diverse ecosystems
  • ecosystem management
  • level summaries


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