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coral ecosystem effects, 44,320, 325, 327costs of, 40, 43–44, 307and fishery regime shifts, 43,296and human health, 43, 338,346–347Intergovernmental Panel <strong>on</strong>Climate Change, 43and invasive species, 253and marine transportati<strong>on</strong>system, 197m<strong>on</strong>itoring, 229, 408, 409,453polar melting, 44, 450process, 378regi<strong>on</strong>al coordinati<strong>on</strong>, 87, 94research needs, 44, 67–68,378–379, 380, 453sea level rise, 40, 42, 44, 54,171, 378and sediment flows, 181temperature increases, 43,338, 346–347vulnerability of coastal areas,162, 171Global Envir<strong>on</strong>mental Affairs<strong>Policy</strong> CoordinatingCommittee, 449Global <strong>Ocean</strong> Observing System,397, 409–410, 414, 425, 434,453Global Positi<strong>on</strong>ing System, 195,293, 385, 389Global Program of Acti<strong>on</strong> for theProtecti<strong>on</strong> of the MarineEnvir<strong>on</strong>ment fromLand–Based Sources, 222,447, 451, 455governance (see also Nati<strong>on</strong>al<strong>Ocean</strong> Council)framework, 61, 68guiding principles, 62, 473internati<strong>on</strong>al structure,449–450, 451nati<strong>on</strong>al coordinati<strong>on</strong> andleadership, 76–84participatory, 62, 68, 102, 473timeliness, 62, 473Great Lakesbeach–related activities, 35coastal watershed counties, 34coastal z<strong>on</strong>e, 34coordinati<strong>on</strong> of regi<strong>on</strong>alapproaches, 87, 90, 92, 93fisheries, 252habitat restorati<strong>on</strong>, 173Internati<strong>on</strong>al <strong>Joint</strong><str<strong>on</strong>g>Commissi<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g>, 93invasive species, 41, 252, 254,257nati<strong>on</strong>al lakeshores, 104polluti<strong>on</strong>, 28, 223populati<strong>on</strong> density, 38value of, 35, 38Great Lakes <str<strong>on</strong>g>Commissi<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g>, 93, 159Great Lakes Fishery <str<strong>on</strong>g>Commissi<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g>,93, 283, 284Great Lakes Interagency TaskForce, 92, 93Griffin, Robert, 185gross domestic product, 31, 32,192Guam, 34, 70, 321, 325guiding principlesin ecosystem–based approach,62, 103, 472–473internati<strong>on</strong>al ocean policy,444, 448, 473nati<strong>on</strong>al ocean policy, 60–69,97offshore management, 97–98for recommendati<strong>on</strong>s,472–473stewardship, 61, 472sustainability, 61, 472watershed management, 63Gulf of Maine, 296, 297Council <strong>on</strong> the MarineEnvir<strong>on</strong>ment, 87, 159Gulf of Mexicoatmospheric depositi<strong>on</strong>, 223coastal watershed counties, 34chemosynthetic communities,387coral reefs, 323debris management, 268, 270hypoxia (“dead z<strong>on</strong>e”), 39,87, 206, 216oil and gas development, 354,357, 363U.S. c<strong>on</strong>tinental margins, 73Gulf States Marine Fisheries<str<strong>on</strong>g>Commissi<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g>, 284habitat restorati<strong>on</strong>, 89coastal programs, 156,172–176coastal Louisiana, 173,174–175coordinati<strong>on</strong> of activities, 173,175, 176, 177, 179, 295coral reefs, 323, 324educati<strong>on</strong> and outreach, 173,176Florida Everglades, 173, 175Heeia State Park, 177funding, 172, 176, 177large–scale efforts, 172–175legislati<strong>on</strong>, 175m<strong>on</strong>itoring, 177public–private partnerships,173small–scale efforts, 177tools, 171–172training program, 138habitats (see coastal habitats; habitatrestorati<strong>on</strong>; marine habitats;wetlands; other specifichabitats)Hanna, Susan, 288harbors, 186, 196, 200harmful algal bloomscauses, 206, 208, 344costs of, 39, 344and human health, 39,338–339, 344–345, 346, 349management, 165, 344–345,349and marine mammal mortality,307, 315m<strong>on</strong>itoring, 228, 344,345–346nature of the problem, 204,338–339outbreak trends, 54, 344, 345,346research needs, 344Hartwig, William F., 259Hawaiian Islandsaquaculture, 332, 335coastal management program,160coastal z<strong>on</strong>e, 154coral reefs, 35, 41, 264, 321,323, 325debris management, 264, 270I NDEXH 11

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