Changing ocean conditions, such as ocean acidification, hypoxia, and ocean warming, are
impacting marine ecosystems and posing a variety of immediate and future challenges for …

The literature has identified significant barriers to sustainable management of coastal
resources due to lack of integration between science, policy and practice. The social and …

Science, Information, and Policy Interface for Effective Coastal and Ocean Management
presents a wealth of knowledge that enhances current best practices to achieve more …

Lack of access to relevant scientific data has limited decision makers from incorporating
scientific information into their management and policy schemes. Yet, there is increasing …

Ocean acidification is a global, long-term problem whose ultimate solution requires carbon
dioxide reduction at a scope and scale that will take decades to accomplish successfully …

The Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology (CICEET) is
a small competitive research program established to develop innovative science and …

Effective conservation requires knowledge exchange among scientists and decision-makers
to enable learning and support evidence-based decision-making. Efforts to improve …

Funding and priorities for ocean research are not separate from the underlying sociological,
economic, and political landscapes that determine values attributed to ecological systems …

Decades of research has generated new scientific understanding and technologies aimed at
better managing environmental change in estuarine and coastal regions. Yet many across …

Ocean acidification has led to detectable changes in seawater chemistry around the world,
which are associated with reduced growth and survival of many species. Acute ocean …