THE ROLE OF THE COASTAL OCEAN IN THE DISTURBED AND UNDISTURBED NUTRIENT AND CARBON CYCLES
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Compiled and edited by
R.W. Buddemeier, S.V. Smith, D.P. Swaney and C.J. Crossland
LOICZ REPORTS & STUDIES No. 24
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. Introduction View/download Chapter 1 (pdf file, Adobe Acrobat Reader required)
1.1 The Global Coastal Zone
1.2 The Global Synthesis Expert Workshop on Coastal Biogeochemistry and Scaling
2. Geo-spatial and Typology Working Group View/download Chapter 2 (pdf file, Adobe Acrobat Reader required)
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Variable Selection
2.3 Results
2.4 Summary and Conclusions
2.5 Further activities
2.6 Appendices: Print summary and CD-ROM
3. Functional Processes Working Group View/download Chapter 3 (pdf file, Adobe Acrobat Reader required)
3.1 Objective and Approach
3.2 Exercises
3.3 Appendices: Print summary and CD-ROM
4. Systems Performance Working Group View/download Chapter 4 (pdf file, Adobe Acrobat Reader required)
4.1 Objectives and tasks
4.2 Exercises and experiments
4.3 Future activities: assessments and recommendations
4.4 Appendices: Print summary and CD-ROM
5. Synthesis and Conclusions View/download Chapter 5 (pdf file, Adobe Acrobat Reader required)
6. References View/download References (pdf file, Adobe Acrobat Reader required)
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I Organisational Information
I.1 Participants List
I.2 Agenda
I.3 Terms of Reference
II Geo-spatial and Typology - Summary and Support Data
III Functional Processes - Summary and Support Data
IV System Performance - Summary and Support Data
V Synthesis and Conclusions - Summary and Support Data
VI List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
CD –ROM Enclosure
The enclosed CD-ROM (see inside back cover) includes a full electronic copy of this report and additional detailed graphs, tables and analyses developed during the workshop. While some of the materials are contained in the Appendices of the written report, many of the products from the working group reports were largely in the form of image-intensive supporting information, such as color-coded cluster summary maps and slide-show presentations. These detailed materials can be readily viewed from the CD-ROM.
Acknowledgements
The workshop and its products are the result of work from a large number of scientists who have been involved as participants in the UNEP GEF project, as innovators and contributors to methodological and tools development, as providers of data and data sets. Workshop participants and contributors are listed in Appendix I. We are particularly indebted to the LOICZ resource team members identified in the participant list for their dedication and sustained support of the suite of workshops and the overall project.
Many institutions have provided venues for workshops and support for the developmental science involved in the UNEP GEF project and for operational platforms that underpin the typology tools and databases. Workshop venues themes are listed in Chapter 1 of this report and the substantive publication from each workshop is available in hard copy or through the LOICZ web site (http://www.nioz.nl/loicz/). Our thanks to all concerned in coordinating workshops and providing support.
Core funding for the project and much of the developmental work has been provided by the LOICZ core project of IGBP and especially by the United Nations Environment Programme, supported by the Global Environment Facility. The OBIS project, through US NSF grant OCE 00-03970, has provided additional support to the development of the typology tool and database in meeting complementing goals for global scaling and assessment of organisms.