Coastal Zone 05: Balancing on the Edge

Coastal Zone is the premier conference for the world's coastal resource managers. The 14th installment of the biennial conference series focused on balancing the issues and interests of land and sea. Coastal Zone 05 (CZ05), held in New Orleans, Louisiana, drew over 800 participants from all over the world and provided valuable tools, lessons learned, and new ideas to help address the coastal management issues we're all facing.

Coastal Zone 05 Coastal Cafés

Coastal Cafés are three-hour roundtable sessions that allow participants to discuss specific management issues in detail. Three cafés were conducted, and links to summaries for each café, as well as select presentations, are listed below.

Building Partnerships to Implement Smarter Coastal Growth (PDF, 39KB)
Linking State Water Quality Monitoring Programs with Coastal Ocean Observations to Protect Human Health (PDF, 50KB)

Presentations:

U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS): Monitoring to Protect Human Health (PDF, 3.17MB), Brian Melzian, U.S. EPA Atlantic Ecology Division
Oceans and Health: A Prescription for Future Monitoring & Research (PDF, 2.43MB), Paul Sandifer, NOAA National Ocean Service, Hollings Marine Laboratory
SwimCast: Protecting Swimmers from E. coli Concentrations Infection at Two Illinois Beaches (PDF, 1010KB), Mark Pfister, Lake County Health Department
In Situ Optical Early Warning System to Detect Harmful Algal Blooms (PDF, 2.32MB), Lisa Campbell, Texas A&M University

Protecting and Restoring Habitat Utilizing a Regional Ecosystem Approach (PDF, 39KB)

Proceedings

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