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Michaels, Maryland, in July 1998; and the deliberations of the panel. In addition, the panel reviewed the ecosystems chapter ofthe NRC report Global Environmental Change: Research Pathways for the Next Decade MARC 1 999a, known as the Pathways report)
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According to NSTC (1997) , "The USGCRP supports research to inventory the current land cover of the Earth and to document changes; to improve understanding of the dynamics of land-cover and landuse change and how terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems react to change; and to document and understand chemical, physical, and biological processes in the oceans and their relationship with the carbon cycle and marine life." TH1t NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL STUDY The Ecosystems Panel's charge has three parts: to provide a forum for the discussion of questions of ecosystem science of interest to scientists in and out ofthe federal agencies, to periodically review the ecosystem aspects ofthe USGCRT's research program, and to help identify general areas of ecosystem science that need additional attention, especially areas that cut across ecosystems and levels of ecological organization.
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in that it focuses on ecosystems research, which was only one topic in the Pathways report's broader scope.
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