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NFCC Consensus Statement on Integrating Marine Reserve Science and Fisheries Management (Page 1)

NFCC Consensus Statement on Integrating Marine Reserve Science and Fisheries Management

Boesch, D ·
7 June 2004

The National Fisheries Conservation Center convened the meeting (chaired by Dr. Don Boesch, president of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science) to bring together modelers, ecologists, fishermen, stock assessment scientists and other analysts to try to produce a more integrated theoretical basis for designing, managing and monitoring marine reserves as part of the fishery management system.

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Phragmites: Native or Introduced (Page 1)

Phragmites: Native or Introduced

Tracey Saxby ·
1 November 2003

This newsletter describes the historical distributions of both native and introduced Phragmites. It details the invasion of the introduced type in North America (determined through genetic analysis), and morphological differences between the native and introduced types, as well as some commonly used control methods and their associated problems. Phragmites is thought to be one of the most widespread plants on earth.

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Coastal and marine ecosystems: Potential Effects on U.S. Resources & Global climate change (Page 1)

Coastal and marine ecosystems: Potential Effects on U.S. Resources & Global climate change

Kennedy VS, Twilley RR, Kleypas JA, Cowan JH Jr. and Hare SR ·
1 August 2002

This is the eighth in a series of Pew Center reports examining the potential impacts of climate change on the U.S. environment. It details the likely impacts of climate change over the next century on U.S. coastal and marine ecosystems, including estuaries, coral reefs, and the open ocean. Coordinator: Dr Victor Kennedy … • Temperature changes in coastal and marine ecosystems will influence organism metabolism and alter ecological processes such as productivity and species interactions.

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