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Event

8th National Summit on Coastal and Estuarine Restoration and 25th Biennial Meeting of the Coastal Society

Summit Theme - Our Coasts, Our Future, Our Choice We are at a pivotal moment in how we treat and manage our coastal resources. Climate change, security concerns, economic vitality, and many other forces are causing coastal communities to reevaluate ...

Start

December 10, 2016

Project

A Conceptual Model for Integrated Coastal Management in the Gulf of Mexico: Ecosystem Approach for Sustainable Development of Critical Areas

The Gulf of Mexico (GoM) is a shared resource at risk, with the following major problems: (a) freshwater use and shortage, (b) pollution, (c) habitat modifications, (d) unsustainable development of living resources, (e) global change e.g., sea level rise, temperature ...

Person

A. Todd Davison

Mr. Davison was hired by the NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC) in August of 2006 to manage NOAA’s Gulf Coast Service Center located at the NASA Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Mr. Davison, a native of Baton Rouge, LA, was ...

Organizations

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Organization

Alabama Center for Estuarine Studies

The primary goals of the Alabama Center for Estuarine Studies (ACES) are: 1) The use of sustained experimentation and observation to understand how the most common human-induced modifications of the coastal zone produce changes in ecosystem structure and function; and ...

Organization Type

Marine Research Center or Laboratory

Person

Arturo Mendoza Quintero-Mármol

Mr. Mendoza’s research fields include remote sensing, and environmental and oceanographic monitoring as a support for development and management of PEMEX Exploration and Production activities on marine and coastal zones in the southern Gulf of Mexico. His projects include: environmental ...

Geological Feature

Atchafalaya Bay

From: Gosselink, 1979; LDWF Vermilion Bay is located on the eastern boundary of the Chenier Coastal Plain along the central Louisiana coast, and the Atchafalaya Basin is located in the central part of the coastal zone, west of the Terrebonne ...

Geological Feature Type

Bay

Organization

Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research

The mission of the CCEHBR is to conduct integrated environmental research and develop diagnostic tools to measure the health of coastal ecosystems. The center conducts basic and applied environmental research that is transcended into effective outreach to research partners, constituent ...

Organization Type

Research Center or Laboratory

Organization

Centro de Ecología, Pesquerías y Oceanografía del Golfo de México

In 1990 the Universidad Autónoma de Campeche (UAC) made the decision of promoting research and developing human resources regarding priority issues of protection and evaluation of coastal ecosystems and their renewable biological resources. With this objective and with the support ...

Organization Type

Marine Research Center or Laboratory

Organization

Coast 2050

Coast 2050 has developed a strategic plan to protect and sustain Louisiana's coastal resources for future generations. The development of the plan includes: Soliciting public opinion and recommendations on coastal planning and restoration efforts. Resolving conflicts between restoration goals and ...

Organization Type

Policy or Management

Organization

Coastal Education and Research Foundation

The Coastal Education and Research Foundation [CERF] is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to the advancement of the coastal sciences. The Foundation is devoted to the multi-disciplinary study of the complex problems of the coastal zone. The purpose of CERF is ...

Organization Type

Policy or Management