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to maintain as sustainable natural systems. These
resources are shaped by geology, water movement, and the plants and animals themselves interacting on a variety of scales from hundreds of kilometers to millimeters. Having a comprehensive
understanding of these ecosystems through reliable baseline information is critical to supporting
wise management decisions.
Research Priorities—Ocean and Coastal
Ecosystems:
1. Map and characterize the seafloor and coast
including the distribution and abundance patterns of coastal marine organisms. Emphasis
is on the gaps in mapping identified by the
state resource management agencies at the
Florida Mapping Workshop in February
2007.1
2. Improve understanding of coastal and ocean
hydrology, including the linkages between
freshwater input and coastal waters. Emphasis should be on water budgets, hydrologic
modeling, and factors affecting and controlling freshwater input to coastal and nearshore
waters.
3. Research and modeling to understand and
describe linkages between ocean and
coastal habitats and the living marine resources they support. One area of
emphasis is the effects of marine protected
areas (MPAs) on surrounding populations.
Fisheries and their linkages to habitats are an
important area of these studies.
4. Increase understanding of ocean and coastal
economics, including the values of nonmarket
resources and the costs and benefits of beach
nourishment and beach restoration.
TOOL S AND T ECHNOLOGY
Fulfilling Florida’s need to observe and predict
environmental change and the ecosystem responses of its coastal waters provides abundant
opportunity for the development and implementation of costeffective tools and technologies to
understand, monitor, and improve the health of
Florida’s resources.
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Research Priorities—Tools and
Technology:
1. Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observing
Systems—A mix of inwater platforms and
buoys, shipboard surveys, remote sensing,
and computer models is required for continuous monitoring of climate change, water
quality, and status of marine resources. The
goal is to create a sustained interdisciplinary
observing system that spans all of Florida’s
waters from the outer shelf to coastal estuaries and rivers. Emphasis is on extending, integrating, and filling gaps in existing coastal
observations.
2. Development of sensors to provide improved
abilities to determine the status and trends
of our coastal waters and their inhabitants.
Emphasis is on sensor development for biological and chemical sensing, as well as tagging and tracking of wildlife.
3. Integrated Data Management and Prediction — Coordinated collection, handling,
quality control, sharing, and interpretation
of research and monitoring data are critical
to improving the State’s resource management capabilities. Centralized coordination
of model development to provide prediction
and userfriendly webbased posting of information and model predictions are needed
to accommodate sciencebased decisions
by management agencies and the general
public.
4. Development of innovative tools and integration of data to costeffectively map and
monitor the State’s coasts and oceans.
5. Development of assessment tools, particularly
for assessments of biological community status
and trends, for rapid assessments of natural
resources, and for evaluation of management
efforts.
Photo courtesy of Mike White, Florida Keys NMS
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V
1. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 2007. Climate
change 2007: Synthesis report (L. Bernstein, P. Bosch, O. Canziani,
C. Zhenlin, R. Christ, O. Davidson, and W. Hare et al., Core
Writing Team). Geneva, Switzerland. http://www.ipcc.ch/
pdf/assessmentreport/ar4/syr/ar4_syr.pdf.
2. Wikipedia. 2008. Greenhouse gas.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_gas.
3. Florida Department of Environmental Protection. 2008. Integrated water quality assessment for Florida: 2008 305(b)
report and 303(d) list update. Tallahassee, FL: Division of
Environmental Assessment and Restoration, Bureau of Watershed Management. http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/
tmdl/docs/2006_Integrated_Report.pdf.
4. Florida Department of Environmental Protection. 1994. Approach
to the assessment of sediment quality in Florida coastal waters.
Vol. 1, Chap. 2: Florida’s coast: A national treasure. Tallahassee,
FL: Office of Water Policy. Prepared by MacDonald Environmental Sciences Ltd., British Columbia, Canada.
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/ quick_topics/
publications/pages/default.htm.
5. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 2007. Climate
change 2007: The physical science basis. Contribution of
Working Group I to the fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (S. Solomon, S., D. Qin, M.
Manning., Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M. Tignor, and
H.L. Miller, eds.). Cambridge, UK, and New York: Cambridge
University Press. http://www.ipcc.ch.
6. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 2008. Climate change–
Science. State of knowledge. http://www.epa.gov/climate
change/science/stateofknowledge.html.
7. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 2008. About
IPCC. http://www.ipcc.ch/about/index.htm.
8. Nobel Foundation. 2007. The Nobel Peace Prize for 2007.
Press release. Oslo, Norway. http://nobelprize.org/

to maintain as sustainable natural systems. These

resources are shaped by geology, water movement, and the plants and animals themselves interacting on a variety of scales from hundreds of kilometers to millimeters. Having a comprehensive

understanding of these ecosystems through reliable baseline information is critical to supporting

wise management decisions.

Research Priorities—Ocean and Coastal

Ecosystems:

1. Map and characterize the seafloor and coast

including the distribution and abundance patterns of coastal marine organisms. Emphasis

is on the gaps in mapping identified by the

state resource management agencies at the

Florida Mapping Workshop in February

2007.1

2. Improve understanding of coastal and ocean

hydrology, including the linkages between

freshwater input and coastal waters. Emphasis should be on water budgets, hydrologic

modeling, and factors affecting and controlling freshwater input to coastal and nearshore

waters.

3. Research and modeling to understand and

describe linkages between ocean and

coastal habitats and the living marine resources they support. One area of

emphasis is the effects of marine protected

areas (MPAs) on surrounding populations.

Fisheries and their linkages to habitats are an

important area of these studies.

4. Increase understanding of ocean and coastal

economics, including the values of nonmarket

resources and the costs and benefits of beach

nourishment and beach restoration.

TOOL S AND T ECHNOLOGY

Fulfilling Florida’s need to observe and predict

environmental change and the ecosystem responses of its coastal waters provides abundant

opportunity for the development and implementation of costeffective tools and technologies to

understand, monitor, and improve the health of

Florida’s resources.

27

V

Research Priorities—Tools and

Technology:

1. Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observing

Systems—A mix of inwater platforms and

buoys, shipboard surveys, remote sensing,

and computer models is required for continuous monitoring of climate change, water

quality, and status of marine resources. The

goal is to create a sustained interdisciplinary

observing system that spans all of Florida’s

waters from the outer shelf to coastal estuaries and rivers. Emphasis is on extending, integrating, and filling gaps in existing coastal

observations.

2. Development of sensors to provide improved

abilities to determine the status and trends

of our coastal waters and their inhabitants.

Emphasis is on sensor development for biological and chemical sensing, as well as tagging and tracking of wildlife.

3. Integrated Data Management and Prediction — Coordinated collection, handling,

quality control, sharing, and interpretation

of research and monitoring data are critical

to improving the State’s resource management capabilities. Centralized coordination

of model development to provide prediction

and userfriendly webbased posting of information and model predictions are needed

to accommodate sciencebased decisions

by management agencies and the general

public.

4. Development of innovative tools and integration of data to costeffectively map and

monitor the State’s coasts and oceans.

5. Development of assessment tools, particularly

for assessments of biological community status

and trends, for rapid assessments of natural

resources, and for evaluation of management

efforts.

Photo courtesy of Mike White, Florida Keys NMS

28

V

1. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 2007. Climate

change 2007: Synthesis report (L. Bernstein, P. Bosch, O. Canziani,

C. Zhenlin, R. Christ, O. Davidson, and W. Hare et al., Core

Writing Team). Geneva, Switzerland. http://www.ipcc.ch/

pdf/assessmentreport/ar4/syr/ar4_syr.pdf.

2. Wikipedia. 2008. Greenhouse gas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_gas.

3. Florida Department of Environmental Protection. 2008. Integrated water quality assessment for Florida: 2008 305(b)

report and 303(d) list update. Tallahassee, FL: Division of

Environmental Assessment and Restoration, Bureau of Watershed Management. http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/

tmdl/docs/2006_Integrated_Report.pdf.

4. Florida Department of Environmental Protection. 1994. Approach

to the assessment of sediment quality in Florida coastal waters.

Vol. 1, Chap. 2: Florida’s coast: A national treasure. Tallahassee,

FL: Office of Water Policy. Prepared by MacDonald Environmental Sciences Ltd., British Columbia, Canada.

http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/ quick_topics/

publications/pages/default.htm.

5. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 2007. Climate

change 2007: The physical science basis. Contribution of

Working Group I to the fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (S. Solomon, S., D. Qin, M.

Manning., Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M. Tignor, and

H.L. Miller, eds.). Cambridge, UK, and New York: Cambridge

University Press. http://www.ipcc.ch.

6. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 2008. Climate change–

Science. State of knowledge. http://www.epa.gov/climate

change/science/stateofknowledge.html.

7. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 2008. About

IPCC. http://www.ipcc.ch/about/index.htm.

8. Nobel Foundation. 2007. The Nobel Peace Prize for 2007.

Press release. Oslo, Norway. http://nobelprize.org/