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Assessment, synthesis and dissemination of existing coastal resource information is needed to ensure that decision makers have access to appropriate, useful information for management decisions. The Coastal Ocean Program has published the following synthesis documents of interest to the coastal science community:
DAS# | Title | Authors | Year | Links |
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26 | Effects of Nutrient Enrichment in the Nation's Estuaries: A Decade of Change | Bricker, S., B. Longstaff, W. Dennison, A. Jones, K. Boicourt, C. Wicks, and J. Woerner | 2007 | |
25 | Visual Impact Assessment of Small Docks and Piers: Theory and Practice | Bliven, S. and R. Kelty | 2005 | Description| PDF |
24 | The Southeast Bering Sea Ecosystem: Implications for Marine Resource Management [June 2004] | S. Allen Macklin and George L. Hunt, Jr. (Editors) | 2004 | |
23 | Science-Based Restoration Monitoring of Coastal Habitats; Volume One: A Framework for Monitoring Plans Under the Estuaries and Clean Waters Act of 2000 (Public Law 160-457) | Thayer, Gordon W., Teresa A. McTigue, Russell J. Bellmer, Felicity M. Burrows, David H. Merkey, Amy D. Nickens, Stephen J. Lozano, Perry F. Gayaldo, Pamela J. Polmateer, and P. Thomas Pinit | 2003 | |
22 | Environmental and Asthetic Impacts of Small Docks and Piers | Kelty, Ruth A. and Steve Bliven | 2003 | Description | PDF |
21 | COASTAL: The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change. | Edited by: Donald F. Boesch, John C. Field, and Donald Scavia | 2000 | Description | PDF |
20 | Evaluation of the Economic Costs and Benefits of Methods for Reducing Nutrient Loads to the Gulf of Mexico: Topic 6 Report for the Integrated Assessment on Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. | Doering, Otto C., Francisco Diaz-Hermelo, Crystal Howard, Ralph Heimlich, Fred Hitzhusen, Richard Kazmierczak, John Lee, Larry Libby, Walter Milon, and Tony Prato | 1999 | Description | PDF |
19 | Reducing Nutrient Loads, Especially Nitrate-Nitrogen to Surface Water, Ground Water, and the Gulf of Mexico: Topic 5 Report for the Integrated Assessment on Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. | Mitsch, William J., John W. Day, Jr., J. Wendell Gilliam, Peter M. Groffman, Donald L. Hey, Gyles W. Randall, and Naiming Wang | 1999 | Description | PDF |
18 | Effects of Reducing Nutrient Loads to Surface Waters within the Mississippi River Basin and the Gulf of Mexico: Topic 4 Report for the Integrated Assessment on Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. | Brezonik, Patrick L. Victor Bierman, Jr., Richard Alexander, James Anderson, John Barko, Mark Dortch, Lorin Hatch, Gary Hitchcock, Dennis Kenney, David Mulla, Val Smith, Clive Walker, Terry Whitledge, and William J. Wiseman, Jr. | 1999 | Description | PDF |
17 | Flux and Sources of Nutrients in the Mississippi-Atchafalya River Basin: Topic 3 Report for the Integrated Assessment on Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. | Goolsby, Donald A. William A. Battalin, Gregory B. Lawrence, Richard S. Artz, Brent T. Aulenbach, Richard P. Hooper, Dennis R. Kenney, and Gary J. Stensland | 1999 | Description | PDF |
16 | Ecological and Economic Consequences of Hypoxia: Topic 2 Report for the Integrated Assessment on Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. | Diaz, Robert J., and Andrew Solow | 1999 | Description | PDF |
15 | Characterization of Hypoxia: Topic 1 Report for the Integrated Assessment on Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. | Rabalais, Nancy N., R. Eugene Turner, Dubravko Justic, Quay Dortch, and William Wiseman Jr. | 1999 | Description | PDF |
14 | Nutrient Enhanced Coastal Ocean Productivity in the Northern Gulf of Mexico | Edited by Wiseman, Rabalais, Dagg & Whitledge | 1999 | Description | PDF |
13 | Bering Sea FOCI Final Report 1998 | Edited by S. Allen Macklin | 1998 | Description | PDF |
12 | Guidelines for the Conservation and Restoration of Seagrasses in the United States and Adjacent Waters | Mark S. Fonseca, W. Judson Kenworthy, and Gordon W. Thayer | 1998 | |
11 | Change in Pacific Northwest Coastal Ecosystems | Edited by Gregory R. McMurray and Robert J. Baily | 1998 | Description | PDF |
10 | Harmful Algal Blooms in Coastal Waters: Options for Prevention, Control and Mitigation | Donald F. Boesch, Donald M. Anderson, Rita A. Horner, Sandra E. Shumway, Patricia A. Tester, Terry E. Whitledge | 1997 | Description | PDF |
9 | Atmospheric Nutrient Input to Coastal Areas - Reducing the Uncertainties | Richard A. Valigura, Winston T. Luke, Richard S. Artz, Bruce B. Hicks | 1996 | Description | PDF |
8 | Watershed Restoration - A Guide for Citizen Involvement in California | William F. Kier Associates, Sausalito, California | 1995 | Description | PDF |
7 | Forestry Impacts on Freshwater Habitat of Anadromous Salmonids in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska -- Requirements for Protection and Restoration. | Michael L. Murphy | 1995 | Description | PDF |
6 | Methodologies and Mechanisms for Management of Cumulative Coastal Environmental Impacts | Marine Law Institute, University of Maine School of Law | 1995 | Description | PDF |
5 | Economic Valuation of Resources: A Handbook for Coastal Resource Policymakers | Douglas W. Lipton, Katherine Wellman | 1995 | Description | PDF |
4 | Marine Eutrophication Review | Kenneth R. Hinga, Heeseon Jeon, Noelle F. Lewis | 1995 | Description | PDF |
3 | Bibliography of Synthesis Documents on Selected Coastal Ocean Topics | Elaine V.Collins, Maureen Woods, Isobel C. Sheiffer, Janice Beattie | 1994 | Description | PDF |
2 | Technology and Success in Restoration, Creation and Enhancement of Spartina Alterniflora Marshes in the United States [2 volumes] | Geoffrey A. Matthews and Thomas J. Minello | 1994 | Description | PDF |
1 | Synthesis of Summer Flounder Habitat Parameters | Kenneth W. Able and Susan C. Kaiser | 1994 | Description | PDF |
Single copies are available from the Coastal Ocean Office. Please contact by phone: 301-713-3338 or email:coastalocean@noaa.gov