Priorities for Coastal Ecosystem Science (1994) / Chapter Skim
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committees, is developing national research and development strategies on issues such as global change, biodiversity and ecosystem dynamics, resource use and management, air quality, toxic substances, natural disasters, and water resources and aquatic environments, as well as social and economic sciences, technology, and risk assessment. One of CENR's subcommittees, the Water Resources and Coastal and Marine Environments Research Subcommittee, is responsible for developing a
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It does not specifically address scientific priorities related to other CENR subcommittees and NSTC committees, except as they relate to issues of importance to the Water Subcommittee. MAJOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES As a basis for determining scientific priorities, the committee identified the following issues as posing significant threats to the integrity of coastal ecosystems.
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These complex, large-scale problems pose different challenges to environmental policy, management, and science than problems now subject to regulation, such as point-source discharges, coastal land use, direct habitat destruction, and oil spills. SCIENTIFIC PRIORITIES RELEVANT TO THE WATER SUBCOMMITTEE The committee developed priorities for science activities to address coastal environmental issues, based on the seriousness of the problem involved, the relevance to Water Subcommittee goals, the opportunity for significant progress in scientific understanding or application, and the potential for linkage of science across the land-sea interface.
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Water Availability and Flow To improve understanding of the natural patterns and processes associated with hydrological flow and develop methodologies to assess and predict cumulative effects of watershed alteration, federal agencies should: · Study the coupling of watershed hydrology and material fluxes through application of remote sensing and improved geographic information data bases, research on land-use management and investigation of material fluxes and controls of nitrogen and phosphorus export.
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· Promote comparative coastal ecosystem science by supporting interregional collaboration, comparative analyses, and development of general conceptual models for comparison of ecological processes. Ecological Restoration and Rehabilitation To improve understanding of baseline and altered aquatic systems and develop restoration methodologies and evaluation criteria, federal agencies should: · Determine effects of habitat loss and degradation on biodiversity and productivity, by supporting research on habitat condition, requirements of specific species and communities, and vulnerability to invasion by nonindigenous species.
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The committee believes that U.S. federal agencies and the national scientific community have an obligation to contribute to the advancement and application of coastal science worldwide.
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Additional coastal science priorities are being considered by other CENR subcommittees and NSTC committees, including those on global change; biodiversity and ecosystem dynamics; resource use and management; natural disasters; social and economic sciences; national security; health, safety, and food; and fundamental science. Although the integrated consideration of freshwater resources and coastal marine environments under the aegis of the Water Subcommittee encourages the timely development of a larger view of interacting ecosystems across the landocean boundary, there remains the need to plan and coordinate scientific activities in coastal waters across all relevant committees and subcommittees within NSTC.
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