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Setting a New Course for U.S. Coastal Ocean Science

Phase 1: Inventory of Federal Programs

Table of Contents

Executive Summary

Introduction

Defining the U.S. Coastal Ocean
Significance of Coastal Population Growth
Public Concerns
Providing the Scientific Basis for Decisions
Coming to Grips with Coastal Ocean Problems

The U.S. Coastal Ocean Challenge

National Concerns about the U.S. Coastal Ocean
Science and Technology for Coastal Problem-Solving

The Inventory Matrix

Ocean Margins
Estuaries
Great Lakes
Shorelines

Inventory of Federal Programs

Overall Federal Effort
Ocean Margins
Estuaries
Great Lakes
Shorelines

Development of a National Goal

The Goal
Developing Goal-Oriented Science and Technology
Benefits of a Achieving a Coastal Ocean Science Goal
Next Steps

List of Acronyms

Bibliography

Appendix

Data Tables Supporting Analyses of Inventory

Tables, Figures and Data

Contributors

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