| Name | City | State | Country | Main Field of Focus | Affiliation | Contact Person |
| Caribbean Marine Research Center (CMRC) |
Lee Stocking Island |
Exuma Cays |
Bahamas |
National Undersea Research; Stromatolite Formation; Biology; Geology |
Perry Institute for Marine Science, Inc. |
Dahlgren, Craig |
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| Center for Aquaculture Research and Development (CARD) |
Sarasota |
Florida |
USA |
Development of Aquaculture Industry |
Mote Marine Laboratory (MML) |
Main, Kevan L. |
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| Center for Bioacoustics (CFB) |
Corpus Christi |
Texas |
USA |
Education, Research and Service through the Science and Technology of Bioacoustics |
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) |
Benson, Robert |
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| Center for Biological Macrofouling Research |
Arlington |
Texas |
USA |
Animal Fouling of Raw Water Systems |
Department of Biology |
McMahon, Robert |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Center for Coastal & Regional Marine Studies (CCRMS) |
St. Petersburg |
Florida |
USA |
Scientific Processes Related to Societal Problems Arising in Coastal and Marine Environments |
United States Geological Survey (USGS) |
Robbins, Lisa |
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| Center for Coastal & Watershed Studies (CCWS) |
St. Petersburg |
Florida |
USA |
Coastal and marine geology, watershed studies |
|
Robbins, Lisa |
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| Center for Coastal and Marine Studies (CCMS) |
Pleasure Island |
Texas |
USA |
Marsh, Riverine, Estuarine, and Marine Habitats |
Lamar University (LU) |
Warren, Michael E. |
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| Center for Coastal and Tropical Ecology |
Sarasota |
Florida |
USA |
Coastal Resources; Benthic Ecology; Chemical Ecology |
Mote Marine Laboratory (MML) |
Estevez, Ernest |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research (CCEHBR) |
Charleston |
South Carolina |
USA |
Coastal Ecosystem Health and Environmental Quality, Including Public Health Impacts |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) |
Geoffrey I. Scott |
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| Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research |
Beaufort |
North Carolina |
USA |
Marine Ecology |
National Ocean Service (NOS) |
Evans, David W. |
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| Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA) |
Silver Spring |
Maryland |
USA |
Coastal Environmental Quality; Climate Change; Remote Sensing |
National Ocean Service (NOS) |
McMahon, Kevin |
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| Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) |
Corpus Christi |
Texas |
USA |
Marine Ecosystems; Habitats, Flora, Fauna, and Socioeconomics of the Texas Coast and the Gulf of Mexico |
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) |
Smith, Elizabeth H. |
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| Center for Dredging Studies (CDS) |
College Station |
Texas |
USA |
Dredging Engineering Technology |
Texas A&M University (TAMU) |
Randall, Robert E. |
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| Center for Eco-Toxicology |
Sarasota |
Florida |
USA |
Ecotoxicology |
Mote Marine Laboratory (MML) |
Pierce, Richard |
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| Center for Ecology and Environmental Technology (CEET) |
Lafayette |
Louisiana |
USA |
Ecology and Environmental Technology |
University of Louisiana-Lafayette |
|
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| Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Bioremediation (CEDB) |
Pensacola |
Florida |
USA |
Bioremediation; Environmental Health; DNA Chemistry; Estuarine Ecology |
University of West Florida (UWF) |
Snyder, Richard |
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| Center for Fisheries Enhancement at Mote Marine Laboratory |
Sarasota |
Florida |
USA |
Fisheries Ecology; Stock Enhancement; Habitat Ecology |
Mote Marine Laboratory (MML) |
Leber, Kenneth M. |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Center for Fisheries Research and Development (CFRD) |
Ocean Springs |
Mississippi |
USA |
Research on Valuable Marine Recreational and Commercial Fishery Resources |
Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL) |
Perry, Harriet M. |
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| Center for Freshwater Studies (CFS) |
Tuscaloosa |
Alabama |
USA |
Freshwater Studies |
University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa |
Ward, Amelia K. |
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| Center for Integrated Ocean Observation (CINTOO) |
St. George's |
|
Bermuda |
Bermuda Ocean and Climate Observation Systems |
Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) |
Knap, Anthony |
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| Center for Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Research |
Sarasota |
Florida |
USA |
Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles |
Mote Marine Laboratory (MML) |
Wells, Randall |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Center for Natural Resource Economics & Policy (CNREP) |
Baton Rouge |
Louisiana |
USA |
Natural Resource Economics, Environmental Policy |
Louisiana State University (LSU) |
Caffey, Rex H. |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Center for Ocean Technology (COT) |
St. Petersburg |
Florida |
USA |
Ocean Engineering |
College of Marine Science |
Langebrake, Larry |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS) |
Tallahassee |
Florida |
USA |
Air-sea Interaction; Ocean and Coupled Air-sea Modellling |
Florida State University (FSU) |
Chassignet, Eric P. |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Center for Ports and Waterways (CPW) |
College Station |
Texas |
USA |
Maritime Transportation |
Texas Transportation Institute |
Kruse, C. James, Director |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Center for Research in Water Resources (CRWR) |
Austin |
Texas |
USA |
Water Research; Modeling; GIS |
University of Texas at Austin (UT) |
Bernard, Sharon |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Center for River-Ocean Studies (CeROS) |
New Orleans |
Louisiana |
USA |
River Ocean Studies |
Tulane University |
McKee, Brent |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Center for Shark Research (CSR) |
Sarasota |
Florida |
USA |
Sharks, skates and rays |
Mote Marine Laboratory (MML) |
Hueter, Robert |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing (CSTARS) |
Richmond |
Florida |
USA |
High Capability Receiving Facility for Satellite Data |
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) |
Brown, Otis B. |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research (CSCOR) |
Silver Spring |
Maryland |
USA |
Coastal Ocean Science |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) |
Osgood, Kenric |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Center for Sustainable Fisheries (CSF) |
Miami |
Florida |
USA |
Sustainable Fisheries |
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) |
Thomas, Gary L . |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Center for Trace Analysis (CETA) |
Stennis Space Center |
Mississippi |
USA |
Trace Chemical Analyses |
Department of Marine Science (DMS) |
Shiller, Alan M. |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Center for Water Supply Studies (CWSS) |
Corpus Christi |
Texas |
USA |
Water Resource Studies |
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) |
Hay, Rick |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Center for Wetlands |
Gainesville |
Florida |
USA |
Wetlands Ecology |
University of Florida (UF) |
Crisman, Thomas L. |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE) |
Washington |
District of Columbia |
USA |
Ocean Science Information, Development, Distribution and Promotion; Provider of Services to Educators, Scientists, News Media and the Public |
Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education (CORE) |
|
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| Centro de Documentación Ecosistemas Litorales Mexicanos (CDELM) |
Mexico |
Distrito Federal |
Mexico |
Mexican Coastal Ecosystems |
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Iztapalapa |
Castañeda López, Ofelia |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Centro de Ecología y Pesquerías |
Xalapa |
Veracruz |
México |
|
Universidad Veracruzana (UV) |
Arenas Fuentes, Virgilio |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Centro de Ecología, Pesquerías y Oceanografía del Golfo de México (EPOMEX) |
Campeche |
Campeche |
México |
To Generate and Integrate Information for the Proposal of Management Measures; Development Plans; Ecological Protection Ranking; Conservation and Sustainable Use of Coastal Marine Ecosystems and their Natural Resources |
Universidad Autónoma de Campeche (UAC) |
Villalobos Zapata, Guillermo |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Centro de Estudios de Desarrollo Sustentable y Aprovechamiento de la Vida Silvestre |
Campeche |
Campeche |
México |
Sustainable Development |
Universidad Autónoma de Campeche (UAC) |
Sahagun Arcila, Miriam |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Centro de Investigación Aplicada y Tecnologia Avanzada, Del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Unidad Altamira (CICATA-IPN, Altamira) |
Altamira |
Tamaulipas |
Mexico |
Aplied Technology for Industry |
Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) |
Baqueiro, Erick |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Centro de Investigacion Cientifica de Yucatan (CICY) |
Merida |
Yucatan |
Mexico |
Scientific and Technologic Research in Plant Biology |
|
Zuniga Aguilar, Jose Juan |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Ingeniería Portuaria, Marítima y Costera (CIDIPORT) |
Tampico |
Tamaulipas |
Mexico |
Port, Coast and Ocean Engineering |
Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas (UAT) |
Jimenez, Sergio |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados Unidad Mérida (CINVESTAV) |
Merida |
Yucatan |
Mexico |
To Develop Scientific and Technological Research; To Develop Human Resources at a Level of Excellence, with National and International Recognition |
Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) |
Ortega Blake, Iván |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Centro de Investigaciones Marinas (CIM) |
Havana |
|
Cuba |
Marine Ecology; Marine Aquaculture; Marine Biotechnology; Sub-aquatic Activities |
Universidad de La Habana (UH) |
Angulo-Valdés, Jorge A. |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Centro de Investigaciones Pesqueras (CIP) |
Havana |
Ciudad de la Habana |
Cuba |
Technical-scientific Services and Technology Transfer Regarding Management; Culture and Industrial Processing of Aquatic Organisms |
Ministerio de la Industria Pesquera de Cuba |
García Rodriguez, Elisa |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas (CICIMAR) |
La Paz |
Baja California Sur |
México |
Conservation of Biodiversity; Sustainable Use of Natural Resources; Coastal Zone Management |
Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) |
Arreguin Sánchez, Francisco |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| CephSchool |
Galveston |
Texas |
USA |
|
Marine Biomedical Institute (MBI) |
del Pino, David |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program |
North Fort Myers |
Florida |
USA |
Charlotte harbor estuaries protection |
National Estuary Program (NEP) |
Hilgendorf, Maran; Beever, Lisa; Corbett, Catherine; Donley, Liz |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance (CBA) |
Niceville |
Florida |
USA |
Water Quality; Ecosystem Management; Marine Science Education; Community Participation |
Northwest Florida State College |
McDowell, Alison |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Claude Peteet Mariculture Center (CPMC) |
Gulf Shores |
Alabama |
USA |
Estuarine and Marine Ecology |
Alabama Marine Resources Division |
Minton, Vernon |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (CRCL) |
Baton Rouge |
Louisiana |
USA |
Restoring Sustainability to Coastal Louisiana |
|
Davidson, Paul |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Coast 2050 |
Baton Rouge |
Louisiana |
USA |
Protect and sustain Louisiana's coastal resources for future generations |
|
Pittman, Phil |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Coastal America |
Washington |
District of Columbia |
USA |
Coastal Management; Restoration; Protection |
|
Tippie, Virginia K. |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) |
Vicksburg |
Mississippi |
USA |
Shoreline Erosion Control; Construction and Maintenance of Navigation Channels |
Waterways Experiment Station (WES) |
Hanks, Sharon |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Coastal and Marine Geospatial Lab - Harte Research Institute |
Corpus Christi |
Texas |
USA |
Marine and Coastal GIS Education, Research, Data Collection and Dissemination, Analysis, and Collaborative Projects |
Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies (HRI) |
Wood, John S. |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Coastal and Ocean Engineering Division |
College Station |
Texas |
USA |
Coastal and Ocean Engineering |
Texas A&M University (TAMU) |
Zhang, Jun |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Coastal Baywatch Foundation |
South Padre Island |
Texas |
USA |
Habitat Preservation; Water Quality |
Valley Proud Environmental Council |
Karen Rogers |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program (CBBEP) |
Corpus Christi |
Texas |
USA |
Public Health; Freshwater Inflows; Resource Conditions; Wetland Loss; Water Quality; Estuarine Circulation; Bay Debris |
|
Allen, Ray |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Coastal Bend Bays Foundation (CBBF) |
Corpus Christi |
Texas |
USA |
Conservation of Freshwater and Coastal Natural Resources |
|
Lois Huff |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) |
Houston |
Texas |
USA |
Fisheries; Conservation and Restoration of Coastal Marine Resources |
|
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| Coastal Education and Research Foundation (CERF) |
Royal Palm Beach |
Florida |
USA |
Coastal Studies Research; Management and International Cooperation |
|
Russell, Barbara A. |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Coastal Engineering Division (CED) |
Baton Rouge |
Louisiana |
USA |
Wetland conservation and restoration |
Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) |
Knotts, Christopher |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Coastal Environmental Modeling Laboratory (CEML) |
Baton Rouge |
Louisiana |
USA |
Coastal Environmental Modeling |
School of the Coast and Environment (SC&E) |
Twilley, Robert R. |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Coastal Environmental Research Laboratory (CESRL) |
New Orleans |
Louisiana |
USA |
Large-scale Approaches to Ecosystem Analysis |
Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences (PIES) |
Ramsey, Karen |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Coastal Fisheries Division |
Austin |
Texas |
USA |
Coastal Fisheries |
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) |
Osburn, Hal |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Coastal Habitat Alliance (CHA) |
Houston |
Texas |
USA |
Protecting Coastal Habitat |
|
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| Coastal Management Division (CMD) |
Baton Rouge |
Louisiana |
USA |
Coastal Resources Preservation, Restoration and Management |
Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) |
Frugé, David |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Coastal Marine Institute (CMI) |
Baton Rouge |
Louisiana |
USA |
Sociology; Economics; Toxicology; Biology; Platform Ecology; Meteorology; Physical Oceanography; Geomorphology |
Louisiana State University (LSU) |
Rouse, Lawrence J. |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Coastal Plant Sciences Laboratory (CPSL) |
New Orleans |
Louisiana |
USA |
Coastal Vegetation |
Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences (PIES) |
Ramsey, Karen |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Coastal Research and Extension Center (CREC) |
Biloxi |
Mississippi |
USA |
Research; Education; Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources |
Mississippi State University |
Posadas, Benedict |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Coastal Research Laboratory (CRL) |
New Orleans |
Louisiana |
USA |
Coastal Geology and Coastal Mapping |
Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences (PIES) |
Kulp, Mark |
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| Coastal Restoration and Enhancement through Science and Technology Program (CREST) |
Baton Rouge |
Louisiana |
USA |
Technological Cooperation for Coastal Habitat Sustainability and Productivity |
Louisiana State University (LSU) |
Daigle, Doug |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Coastal Restoration Division (CRD) |
Baton Rouge |
Louisiana |
USA |
Wetland Conservation and Restoration |
Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) |
Rhinehart, William K. "Kirk" |
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| Coastal Society |
Williamsburg |
Virginia |
USA |
Emerging Coastal Issues |
|
Judy Tucker |
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| Coastal Studies Group (CSG) |
Austin |
Texas |
USA |
Coastal Zone Management |
Bureau of Economic Geology |
Gibeaut, James |
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| Coastal Studies Institute (CSI) |
Baton Rouge |
Louisiana |
USA |
Coastal and Marine Environments; Coastal/Ocean Processes |
Louisiana State University (LSU) |
Donley, Jaimie |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Coastal Studies Laboratory |
South Padre Island |
Texas |
USA |
Coastal Research; Public Service and Public Education |
University of Texas-Pan American |
Hockaday, Donald |
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| Coastal Watershed Institute (CWI) |
Fort Myers |
Florida |
USA |
Marine Education; Coastal Watershed Studies; Conservation of Natuaral Resources of the Coastal Environment |
Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) |
Tolley, S. Gregory |
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| Coastal Zone Laboratory (CZL) |
Galveston |
Texas |
USA |
Coastal and Environmental Research |
Texas A&M University at Galveston (TAMUG) |
Santschi, Peter H. |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Coastal Zone Management Program (CZMP) |
Silver Spring |
Maryland |
USA |
Coastal Zone Management |
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM) |
King, John |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| College of Marine Science |
St. Petersburg |
Florida |
USA |
Marine Science including Biological, Chemical, Physical, and Geological Oceanography |
University of South Florida (USF) |
Hogarth, William T. |
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| College of Science and Technology |
Corpus Christi |
Texas |
USA |
Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Nursing and Health Sciences, Physical and Life Sciences |
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) |
Smith-Engle, Jennifer M. |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC) |
Columbia |
Missouri |
USA |
Environmental Contamination and Habitat Alteration |
Biological Resources Discipline - Central Region, US Geological Survey of the US Department of the Interior |
Mac, Michael J. |
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| Comision Nacional del Agua (CNA) |
Alvaro Obregon |
|
Mexico |
|
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Jaime Jaquez, Cristobal |
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| Comision Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Bioversidad (Conabio) |
Mexico |
Distrito Federal |
Mexico |
Biodiversity |
|
Lichtinger, Victor |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Computing and Mathematical Sciences (CAMS) |
Corpus Christi |
Texas |
USA |
Computing and Mathematical Sciences |
College of Science and Technology |
Dr. Carl Steidley |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Conrad Blucher Institute for Surveying and Science |
Corpus Christi |
Texas |
USA |
Surveying; GIS, Geomatics and Mapping; Bioacoustics and Nature Studies; Sensor Development and Deployment; Coastal Data Collection; Environmental Engineering |
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) |
Jeffress, Gary Alan |
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| Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACYT) |
Mexico |
Distrito Federal |
Mexico |
Scientific and Technological Development |
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| Conservation Alabama |
Birmingham, Montgomery |
Alabama |
United States |
Environmental lobbying |
|
Adam R. Snyder |
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| Consortium for Estuarine Ecoindicator Research for the Gulf of Mexico (CEER-GOM) |
Ocean Springs |
Mississippi |
USA |
Developement and Validation of Indicators of Nutrient and Dissolved Oxygen |
|
Brouwer, Marius H. |
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| Consortium for Ocean Leadership |
Washington |
DC |
USA |
Ocean research, Marine policy |
|
Jon Corsiglia |
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| Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education (CORE) |
Washington |
District of Columbia |
USA |
Public Policy; Research and Education |
|
Shaw, David |
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| Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Units (CESU) |
Washington |
District of Columbia |
USA |
Resource Management; Continuing Education |
|
Machlis, Gary |
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| Cousteau Society (Equipe Cousteau) |
Chesapeake |
Virginia |
USA |
Conservation and Education |
|
Merriam, Clark Lee |
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| Cuban and Caribbean Studies Institute (CSI) |
New Orleans |
Louisiana |
USA |
Promoting Academic Collaboration with Cuba |
Tulane University |
López, Ana |
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