<>Hello,
For anyone investigating linkages between marine mammal health and
die-offs and harmful algal blooms (red tides, domoic acid, etc.), the
following items might be of interest:
- The 4th USHAB meeting will be held October 29 - November 1, 2007 in
Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA. Note that the deadline for registration
is September 1, 2007.
More information can be found at:
http://www.whoi.edu/sbl/liteSite.do?litesiteid=13352
- The Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (ECOHAB) program
has recently published a request for proposals that can be found at the
following link:
http://www.cop.noaa.gov/opportunities/grants/fundingarchive/fy2008/Ecohab_08.html
Please note that proposals are due no later than October 4, 2007, 4:00
PM EST.
The section relating to NOAA's interests is the following:
HABs and related biotoxin risk must be managed if we are to ensure
public health, build viable and valuable sustainable fisheries, protect
living marine resources including threatened and endangered species and
their habitats, and effectively manage coastal activities and resources.
NOAA's interest is in developing:
1. Quantitative understanding of HABs and, where applicable, their
toxins in relation to the surrounding environment with the intent of
developing new tools, models, and prevention strategies to aid managers
in coastal environments,
2. Models of trophic transfer of toxins and assessment of impacts on
higher trophic levels,
3. Effective techniques for prevention, control, and mitigation to
assist in reducing the impacts of HABs and their toxins, and
4. Assessments of the socioeconomic impacts of HABs on coastal
communities and identification of opportunities to mitigate these impacts.
Although NOAA has a strong interest in the public health impacts of
HABs, funding for research on the human health impacts of HABs is
provided by the Oceans and Human Health Initiative (OHHI).
Multi-disciplinary regional ecosystem investigations leading to
development of operational ecological forecasting capabilities in areas
with severe, recurrent blooms along the US coast will continue to be a
major priority. These can be either in new areas, areas that have been
studied previously but where new or unanswered questions remain, or
involve comparisons between ecosystems. Where ECOHAB or other funding
has already established a foundation of knowledge, the need for
additional research must be clearly articulated. Projects to be funded
by NOAA must demonstrate a clear link to management issues and specify
outcomes that will provide managers and the public with sound scientific
information for making decisions. Articulation of outcome-based
management goals is required in proposals (see Section Iv.B.5.A.(3)
Expected Results, Benefits, Outputs and Outcomes), and recipients will
be expected to report progress toward achieving outcome-based goals
annually. NOAA definitions and examples of outputs and outcomes can be
accessed at www.cop.noaa.gov.
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