Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research (CSCOR)

October 2007

• CSCOR Initiates Project to Protect Coastal Oregon Communities from Harmful Algal Blooms

  The Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research (CSCOR) has awarded $456,630 as part of a five-year, $2.3 million project to develop integrated harmful algal bloom (HAB) monitoring and event response programs. These programs will strive to minimize the impact of HAB events on coastal Oregon communities. Funds were awarded to Oregon State University, the University of Oregon and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) through NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research.

September 2007

• 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting Call for Papers

  The Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research (CSCOR) invites abstract submissions for the following sessions of the 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting to be held March 2-7, 2008 in Orlando, Florida.

• CSCOR Facilitates Technology Transfer and Education at U.S. HAB Symposium

  The Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research (CSCOR) is sponsoring the Fourth U.S. Symposium on Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) to be held in Woods Hole, MA from October 29 through November 1, 2007.

• Interagency Report Calls for Improved Research on Prediction and Response

  The recently released federal interagency report assesses the harmful algal bloom (HAB) problem in the United States and identifies progress made by federal agencies as well as major areas for improving HAB prediction and response.

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