Setting a New Course for U.S. Coastal Ocean Science
Phase 1: Inventory of Federal Programs
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Introduction
- Defining the U.S. Coastal Ocean
- Significance of Coastal Population Growth
- Public Concerns
- Providing the Scientific Basis for Decisions
- Coming to Grips with Coastal Ocean Problems
The U.S. Coastal Ocean Challenge
- National Concerns about the U.S. Coastal Ocean
- Science and Technology for Coastal Problem-Solving
The Inventory Matrix
- Ocean Margins
- Estuaries
- Great Lakes
- Shorelines
Inventory of Federal Programs
- Overall Federal Effort
- Ocean Margins
- Estuaries
- Great Lakes
- Shorelines
Development of a National Goal
- The Goal
- Developing Goal-Oriented Science and Technology
- Benefits of a Achieving a Coastal Ocean Science Goal
- Next Steps
List of Acronyms
Bibliography
Appendix
- Data Tables Supporting Analyses of Inventory
Tables, Figures and Data
Contributors
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