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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 onClimate Change, 43and invasive species, 253and marine transportationsystem, 197monitoring, 229, 408, 409,453polar melting, 44, 450process, 378regional coordination, 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 Environmental AffairsPolicy CoordinatingCommittee, 449Global <strong>Ocean</strong> Observing System,397, 409–410, 414, 425, 434,453Global Positioning System, 195,293, 385, 389Global Program of Action <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong>Protection of <strong>the</strong> MarineEnvironment fromLand–Based Sources, 222,447, 451, 455governance (see also National<strong>Ocean</strong> Council)framework, 61, 68guiding principles, 62, 473international structure,449–450, 451national coordination andleadership, 76–84participatory, 62, 68, 102, 473timeliness, 62, 473Great Lakesbeach–related activities, 35coastal watershed counties, 34coastal zone, 34coordination of regionalapproaches, 87, 90, 92, 93fisheries, 252habitat restoration, 173International JointCommission, 93invasive species, 41, 252, 254,257national lakeshores, 104pollution, 28, 223population density, 38value of, 35, 38Great Lakes Commission, 93, 159Great Lakes Fishery Commission,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, 472–473international ocean policy,444, 448, 473national ocean policy, 60–69,97offshore management, 97–98<strong>for</strong> recommendations,472–473stewardship, 61, 472sustainability, 61, 472watershed management, 63Gulf of Maine, 296, 297Council on <strong>the</strong> MarineEnvironment, 87, 159Gulf of Mexicoatmospheric deposition, 223coastal watershed counties, 34chemosyn<strong>the</strong>tic communities,387coral reefs, 323debris management, 268, 270hypoxia (“dead zone”), 39,87, 206, 216oil and gas development, 354,357, 363U.S. continental margins, 73Gulf States Marine FisheriesCommission, 284habitat restoration, 89coastal programs, 156,172–176coastal Louisiana, 173,174–175coordination of activities, 173,175, 176, 177, 179, 295coral reefs, 323, 324education and outreach, 173,176Florida Everglades, 173, 175Heeia State Park, 177funding, 172, 176, 177large–scale ef<strong>for</strong>ts, 172–175legislation, 175monitoring, 177public–private partnerships,173small–scale ef<strong>for</strong>ts, 177tools, 171–172training program, 138habitats (see coastal habitats; habitatrestoration; marine habitats;wetlands; o<strong>the</strong>r 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, 315monitoring, 228, 344,345–346nature of <strong>the</strong> problem, 204,338–339outbreak trends, 54, 344, 345,346research needs, 344Hartwig, William F., 259Hawaiian Islandsaquaculture, 332, 335coastal management program,160coastal zone, 154coral reefs, 35, 41, 264, 321,323, 325debris management, 264, 270I NDEXH 11

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