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comm<strong>on</strong> heritage of mankind,53deep seabed mining, 53, 54,444, 446ec<strong>on</strong>omic value, 33management, 368–369Minerals Management Service,113, 124, 181, 199, 246, 260,268, 314, 316, 341, 347, 354,361, 362, 363, 364, 369, 382,383, 389, 390, 424, 431, 477Envir<strong>on</strong>mental StudiesProgram, 363–364minorities, educati<strong>on</strong> of underrepresentedand underservedgroups, 130, 136, 141–142,145minority–serving instituti<strong>on</strong>s, 141Mississippi River Basin, 39, 87,174, 206, 216, 229Mississippi Sound, habitat losses,41, 171MMS (see Minerals ManagementService)m<strong>on</strong>itoring, 89 (see also Integrated<strong>Ocean</strong> Observing System;nati<strong>on</strong>al m<strong>on</strong>itoring network;individual programs)atmospheric depositi<strong>on</strong>, 229,230, 232baseline, 230biodiversity, 228climate change, 229, 409coastal margin, 176–177,231–232compliance–related, 213, 294,298c<strong>on</strong>servati<strong>on</strong> and restorati<strong>on</strong>efforts, 177c<strong>on</strong>taminants, 228, 229, 230,232coral ecosystems, 324,327–328costs of, 298effects–based, 233federal programs, 227–230fishery–related, 291, 293–294,298funding, 177, 189, 213, 228,229, 231harmful algal blooms, 228,344–345health–related, 229, 349interagency coordinati<strong>on</strong>,230–231invasive species, 260, 262land–cover characteristics,228local efforts, 177, 228marine debris, 266, 268–269needs, 104, 177, 189,231–232n<strong>on</strong>point–source polluti<strong>on</strong>,217, 220, 213, 214, 220, 221offshore, 294, 382pathogens, 344–345, 346priority pollutants, 234sampling protocols, 233satellites, 294, 345, 346, 424sediment, 189, 229ship–based, 423shortcomings in programs,229–230state–based, 229stati<strong>on</strong>s and buoy arrays, 424streamflow, 228, 229stressor–based, 233Vessel M<strong>on</strong>itoring System,293–294visual envir<strong>on</strong>ments, 229water quality, 165, 177, 213,214, 217, 221, 224, 228, 229,230–231, 233weather, 228M<strong>on</strong>itoring and Event Resp<strong>on</strong>sefor Harmful Algal Blooms,228, 345museums, 35, 125, 136, 143, 144NACOA (see Nati<strong>on</strong>al AdvisoryCommittee <strong>on</strong> <strong>Ocean</strong>s andAtmosphere)NASA (see Nati<strong>on</strong>al Aer<strong>on</strong>auticsand Space Administrati<strong>on</strong>)Nati<strong>on</strong>al Academy of Sciences, 58,289Nati<strong>on</strong>al Advisory Committee <strong>on</strong><strong>Ocean</strong>s and Atmosphere, 81,84, 117, 387–388Nati<strong>on</strong>al Aer<strong>on</strong>autics and SpaceAdministrati<strong>on</strong>, 50, 341, 347,402, 403, 410, 419data collecti<strong>on</strong>, 429–431Earth Science Enterprise, 113educati<strong>on</strong> programs, 124, 127,128, 132, 140, 142, 220existing ocean and coastalresp<strong>on</strong>sibilities, 78, 112, 114,395hazards–related role, 164missi<strong>on</strong>, 404recommendati<strong>on</strong>s, 478Nati<strong>on</strong>al Aquaculture Act, 333,334Nati<strong>on</strong>al Atmospheric Depositi<strong>on</strong>Program, 229, 230Nati<strong>on</strong>al Coastal C<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong> Report,204–205Nati<strong>on</strong>al Dredging Team, 84, 188,478Nati<strong>on</strong>al Envir<strong>on</strong>mental <strong>Policy</strong>Act, 51, 73, 77, 96, 157,286–287, 295, 313, 324, 353,354, 366, 367, 379Nati<strong>on</strong>al Envir<strong>on</strong>mental Satellite,Data, and Informati<strong>on</strong> Service,110, 118Nati<strong>on</strong>al Estuarine ResearchReserve System, 103–104,153, 155, 156, 171Coastal Training Program,138, 220Graduate Research FellowshipProgram, 140System–wide M<strong>on</strong>itoringProgram, 228Nati<strong>on</strong>al Estuary Program, 153,156, 171, 229Nati<strong>on</strong>al Flood Insurance Programerosi<strong>on</strong> mapping and rating,167flood hazard mapping,165–167incentives for development,168premiums, 167repetitive–loss payments, 165,167–168Nati<strong>on</strong>al Geographic Society, 132,387Nati<strong>on</strong>al Geophysical Data Center,430, 437Nati<strong>on</strong>al Geospatial–IntelligenceAgency, 199, 389, 390Nati<strong>on</strong>al Historic Preservati<strong>on</strong>Act, 359, 367H 16A N O CEAN B LUEPRINT FOR THE 21ST C ENTURY

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