A Review of the Accomplishments and Plans of the NOAA Coastal Ocean Program (1994) / Chapter Skim
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3 Coastal Ecosystem Health
3 Coastal Ecosystem Health
Pages 39-60
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CEH is being established by the merger of three former themes: Nutrient Enhanced Productivity, Toxic Chemical Contaminants, and Estuarine Habitats (Figure 3.1 I Elements of the Resource Information Delivery (RID)
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In-depth presentations were made on: Nutrient Enhanced Coastal Ocean Productivity-Mississippi Atchafalaya Rivers (NECOP-MAR) , Atmospheric Nutrient Inputs to Coastal Areas (ANICAl, Estuarine Habitat Program (EHP)
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Examples of successful ventures include: the major field effort of NECOP which addressed the impacts of the ~ 993 upper Mississippi floods on the lower Gulf watershed, the recent evaluation of atmospheric nitrogen deposition to Great Waters, the development of new bioindicators for assessing toxic contamination, new research on marsh restoration, improved procedures for assessing change in wetland habitats, and the development of a data management system for coastal managers. Theme Management In general, planning has been successful but the theme has been limited due to shortages or postponements of funding and CEH has been slow to scale back its plans.
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in response to the panel's criticism that the program was too ambitious considering COP's budget; COP adopted the panel's suggestion to undertake a modeling and synthesis effort in the Estuarine Habitat theme; and COP has eliminated Resource Information Delivery (RID) as a separate entity and is trying to incorporate RlD into each of the theme areas.
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992, and the effort was discontinued the next year due to the overall COP budget constraints. While the study of harmful algal blooms could clearly fall within the new CEH theme, its presence in the of ~ NEP theme was somewhat controversial.
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determining specific nutrients that limit productivity and biomass of primary producers, (2} making direct measurements of nutrient recycling and "new productivity" in different seasons, (3} enhancing modeling efforts relative to direct measures of fluxes and physical linkages, and (4) examining the impact of hypoxia on socioeconomic conditions around the Gulf of Mexico.
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report (Fisher et al., 1 988; Fisher and Oppenheimer, 1991) on the importance of atmospheric nitrogen deposition to Chesapeake Bay stimulated intense interest in the role of atmospherically-derived nutrients to coastal waters.
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For example, the EPA Great Waters program will need atmospheric nitrogen input data, and under ANICA, this has occurred in the Chesapeake Bay Atmospheric Deposition Study. However, ANICA is not as strongly linked with other COP projects as it might be.
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The TCC program has contributed to a broader understanding of the biological effects of contaminants in coastal habitats by adding information to the NOAA NS&T data base. The objectives of the program are similar to those of EPA E-MAP, but the focus of TCC has been on understanding cellular processes as bioindicators of damage, whereas E-MAP has taken a broader ecosystem approach.
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to incorporate this information into synthesis documents and computerized data bases useful to habitat managers. The first objective is being addressed with the CoastWatch-Change Analysis Program (C-CAP)
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The protocol document provides solid guidelines for developing and implementing a national coastal change analysis program. The protocols have been tested and implemented (on a trial basis)
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Regiona/ Change Analysis The measurement of the extent and type of habitat change provides the first level of measurement in planned landscapeleve'modeling efforts. Two major prototype projects have been completed and comprise the significant geographic extent of regional application.
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Estuarine Habitat Studies Project The Estuarine Habitat Studies project developed a well defined set of goals and objectives. The goals reflected both basic scientific research and analysis to understand restoration processes and methods to improve them, as well as means to relate these findings to methoclologies that could be implemented by coastal managers.
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While funding limitations reduced the number of potential studies, EHP has funded significant projects to study integration over watersheds, ecosystems, and habitats. These efforts should begin to link information
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The present mode' will also need to be linked to a spatially explicit water quality mode' in order to address issues of coastal zone management fully. Finally, the pane!
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Selected Management Applications From Funded Projects, a document created for the panel by the National Coastal Ocean Program Office.
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We recommend winding this project down or moving it to the National Sea Grant College Program, which has capabilities in training and education INRC, 1994~. However, the pane!
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The pane' was pleased to learn that much of the program funding was awarded through a competitive process. The proposed effort to use SeaWiFS ocean color data to monitor bloom behavior could provide insight useful in other areas, and helps integrate this work into the overall CEH theme.
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Prepared for CoastWatch Change Analysis Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. Fisher, D, J
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Prepared by NOAA-AOML, Ocean Chemistry Division, in cooperation with the Mississippi-Atchafalaya Coastal Interaction Initiative workshop steering committee. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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