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  Interplay of management and environmental drivers shifts size structure of reef fish communities

  ...between environmental drivers and management in the design of MPAs is critical for increasing fish biomass across life history stages. ... 30 × 30, fisheries management, impact evaluation, life history, marine protected areas, Mesoamerican Reef .....
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  Building Resilience in the Maryland Coastal Bays Storymap

  Building Resilience in the Maryland Coastal Bays Storymap ... 2022 State of the Bays ... Every five years, The Maryland Coastal Bays Program publishes its State of the Bays Re...
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  Unfamiliar Territory: Emerging Themes for Ecological Drought Research and Management

  ...ought are emerging globally, due to climate change, shifting teleconnection patterns, expanding human water use, and a history of human influence on the environment that increases the probability of transformational ecological impacts. These costl...
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  Fort Monroe National Historical Park Natural Resource Condition Assessment

  ...anagement issues of concern include rising sea level, the effects of increasingly frequent and intense coastal storms, history of military use, water quality degradation, introduction of exotic species, air pollution, habitat fragmentation, and th...
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  Belmont Forum booklet

  Belmont Forum booklet ... This booklet provides an overview on the Belmont Forum including its history and structure. Within the booklet you can learn about The Belmont Challenge and how to become a member. Readers can also...
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  Multiple stressors threaten the imperiled coastal foundation species eelgrass (Zostera marina) in Chesapeake Bay, USA

  ...a) abundance in Chesapeake Bay, USA, one of the largest and most valuable estuaries in the world, with an unparalleled history of regulatory efforts. We show that eelgrass area has declined 29% in total since 1991, with wide-ranging and severe eco...
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  Dancing with dugongs

  ...n burn out trying to balance their desire to protect the environment with a wide variety of demands. This book tells the story of Prof. Bill Dennison and Dr. Peter Oliver, two men who have between them spent 60 years of their lives better understa...
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  Explaining our catchment

  ... " Water: Learn it for Life " program, provides teachers with a detailed lesson plans to take their students through the story of a river to identify the positive and negative features that most influence the health of the waterway. The lesson cul...
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  War in the Pacific National Historical Park

  ...lights for the park visitor the connection between the unique natural ecosystems and species, and the cultural and war history of the island. The goal of the brochure is to educate both the local and off-island park visitor, and instill stewardshi...
• Chapter 12: In situ measurements: utilizing the ever-growing toolbox of sensors and platforms

  ...rate the cutting edge of in situ monitoring, there are often inherent challenges of new instruments do not have a long history of use and application. Therefore, it must not be forgotten that there are many well established in situ instruments to...
• Chapter 2: Environmental leadership: achieving a sustainable future by fostering environmental champions

  ...aign, a strong leader is needed for guidance and motivation. There have been a series of leaders or "champions" in the history of the world who have changed life on this planet. All of these leaders, no matter what area their specialty, have conta...
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  The legacy of Kalaupapa National Historical Park

  The legacy of Kalaupapa National Historical Park ... The intertwined cultural and natural history of the National Park Service (NPS) Kalaupapa National Historical Park (KALA) on the Hawaiian island of Molokai is repres...
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  Shifting Sands: Environmental and cultural change in Maryland's Coastal Bays

  ...Bay, and Chincoteague Bay. This book leads the reader on a voyage of discovery, providing a user-friendly guide to the history, setting, context, and ecology of these waterways nestled behind Assateague, Fenwick, and Chincoteague Islands. Photogra...
• Local and large-scale climate forcing of Puget Sound oceanographic properties on seasonal to interdecadal timescales

  ...roxies for the leading patterns of variations in Puget Sound temperature and salinity profiles. Using this longer time history of observations, we find that SST and SSS anomalies also have significant correlations with Aleutian Low, El Nino-Southe...
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  Environmental problem solving in coastal ecosystems: A paradigm shift to sustainability

  ...idly being compromised. Science has historically progressed as a series of paradigm shifts and this paper reviews this history of paradigm shifts and makes the case that the next major paradigm shift will be directed at sustainability, resulting i...
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  Defending our National Treasure: A Department of Defense Chesapeake Bay Restoration Partnership 1998-2004

  ...sapeake Bay Restoration Partnership 1998–2004 provides an overview of major issues impacting the Chesapeake Bay, history of the Department of Defense’s involvement in Bay restoration efforts, current Department of Defense Chesapeake Ba...
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  Future directions in fisheries management: An ecosystem-based approach

  Future directions in fisheries management: An ecosystem-based approach ... This poster addresses the history, theory, and practical approach of ecosystem-based fisheries management. ... Kate Boicourt ... Ben Longstaff ... Howard...
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  The role of benthic communities in the health of Maryland's Coastal Bays

  ...e at the Wye Mills Research and Education Center, EcoCheck (NOAA - UMCES partnership) has produced a newsletter on the history and current trends of benthic communities in Maryland's Coastal Bays. Aquatic grasses and shellfish are important compon...
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  Seagrasses of south-west Australia: A conceptual synthesis of the world's most diverse and extensive seagrass meadows

  ...tures such as heavy fiber reinforcement to strengthen the aboveground stems or leaves, deep vertical rhizomes and life history traits such as rapid growth and high seed set. Within estuarine habitats highly dynamic seagrass communities are the res...
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  Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

  ...ructures and landscapes in the park tell of the historic role of the town and lands in the Civil War, African American history, manufacturing, and transportation and other historic events. The natural heritage of the park is equally rich, and over...
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  A Global Crisis for Seagrass Ecosystems

  A Global Crisis for Seagrass Ecosystems ... Seagrasses, marine flowering plants, have a long evolutionary history but are now challenged with rapid environmental changes as a result of coastal human population pressures. Seagrasses pr...
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  Lagoon scale processes in a coastally influenced Caribbean system: Implications for the seagrass Thalassia testudinum

  ...shed, Laguna de Chiriqui has predominantly siliclastic sediment and a very large watershed. The region also has a long history of clearing and agriculture. The purpose of this research was to use the seagrass Thalassia testudinum as a bio-indicato...
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  Where river meets sea: exploring Australia's estuaries

  ... the health, geography, science, management and ecological functions of Australia's 974 estuaries. Chapters on natural history, coastal science and management give an understanding of our vast network of pristine and heavily modified estuaries - f...
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  Assessing Nutrient Sources

  ... technique, unlike traditional water quality measurements, detects only bioavailable nutrients and integrates nutrient history over time. This technique will be used in the Choptank and Patuxent Rivers during the Spring and Summer of 2003, with re...
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  University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science: History, Mission & Accomplishments

  University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science: History, Mission...

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