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NOAA Proposed Integrated Efforts for Ocean Acidification. NOAA Strategy. Vision
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NOAA Strategy • Vision • A vastly enhanced scientific understanding of the role of the oceans, coasts, and atmosphere in the global ecosystem available to society and national leadership as a basis for critical social and economic policy decisions • Mission • To understand and predict changes in the Earth’s environment and manage coastal and marine resources to meet the Nation’s economic, social and environmental needs.
NOAA Goals • Protect, restore, and manage the use of coastal and ocean resources through an ecosystem approach to management • Understand climate variability and change to enhance society’s ability to plan and respond • Serve society’s needs for weather and water information • Support the nation’s commerce with information for safe, efficient, and environmentally sound transportation • Provide critical support for NOAA’s mission
A NOAA-wide Ocean Acidification Effort • “This NOAA-wide initiative would provide NOAA and its stakeholder community with the following outcomes: • 1) a comprehensive characterization of the threat ocean acidification poses to marine ecosystems; • 2) the monitoring capacity to quantify and track ocean acidification and its impacts in oceanic and coastal systems; • 3) an improved OA forecasting capability to provide stakeholders with the capacity to proactively and appropriately respond to ocean acidification; • 4) offer adaptive management tools and requisite scientific knowledge for understanding and responding to OA in support of ecosystem-based management”.
Putting workshop reports to use: Workshop Recommendations: • Biological research needs • Cross-taxa responses • Synergistic effects (Ω, T, light, nuts) • Long-term monitoring of community-scale response • Base-line surveys of calcification rates in the field • Biocalcification mechanisms • Improved oceanic monitoring capability to establish base-lines and track rate and variability • Enhanced technologies • Observing platforms • Long-term time-series hydrographic stations (e.g. BATS, HOTS) • Satellite tool development (scale up ship and platform obs, PIC determination) • Better characterization of carbonate chemistry in coastal systems • Base-line characterizations • Diurnal, seasonal, decadal variability • Much improved carbonate budgets • Community Feedback
Threat Characterization Needs Ecosystem Effects Food webs Competition CaCO3-dependent communities Species-Level Effects Fitness & survival Multiple life-stages Adaptation Individual Organism Interaction with T, Irradiance, Nutrients Calcification mechanisms Calcification-Photosynthesis Link
Ocean Acidification Initiative FY09-13 Weather & Water Ecosystem Climate MOD ERP COR CLE Technology Development & Standardization Ocean Acidification Environmental Modeling Ocean Carbon Acidification and Observing System Coral Reef Monitoring Ocean Acidification Physiological Research Satellite Monitoring of Sentinel Species Ocean Acidification Socio-Economic Modeling Ocean Acidification Socio-Economic Modeling
Ocean Acidification Initiative FY09-13 Ecosystem ERP COR Technology Development & Standardization Coral Reef Monitoring
Ocean Acidification Initiative FY10-14 Weather & Water Ecosystem Climate MOD ERP COR CLE Technology Development & Standardization Coral Reef Monitoring
Ocean Acidification Initiative FY10-14 Weather & Water Ecosystem Climate MOD ERP COR EOP CLE Technology Development & Standardization Ocean Acidification Physiological Research Ocean Acidification Environmental Modeling Ocean Carbon Acidification and Observing System Coral Reef Monitoring Ocean Acidification Physiological Research Biogeochemical Modeling Marine food-web modeling Climate Feedbacks Biogeochemical and biological surveys
What is the Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP)? • Mission:To support effective management and sound science to preserve, sustain and restore valuable coral reef ecosystems. • Roles: • Lead the cross-NOAA matrix Program: • Implement the Coral Reef Conservation Act • Address other drivers (National Action Strategy) • Plan and Coordinate program components • (National Program, Grants Program, • Coral Reef Fund). • Manage annual appropriations. • Work with many partners to fulfill mission. • Lead and support the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force.
Operating Principles • Scope: International in scope, Regional/Local in implementation • Foster Partnerships:state and territory governments, federal agencies, industry, NGOs, academia • Build Capacity:state and territories, reef managers • Implement Solutions: institutionalize experience, promote “ecosystem approaches” for effective management solutions
CRCP and Ocean Acidification Main foci: • Assess, characterize, and monitor ocean acidification threats. • Emphasizing the identification of critical thresholds and adaptive management tools/strategies. End-point: • To provide sound ecosystem-based management and decision support in response to this rapidly emerging issues.
CRCP Approach to Ocean Acidification • Provide a network of in situ autonomous pCO2.sensors to monitorocean acidification (OA). • Leverage existing resources and logistical support, and to foster collaborative efforts. - Field/lab aboard Pacific RAMP cruises - Field/lab in Atlantic - Univ. Partnerships for PIFSC & PMEL including JIMAR and JISAO - Univ. Partnerships for AOML & SEFSC including CIMAS support for both laboratories - Data management infrastructure and support at PIFSC,NESDIS, and AOML - Workshops - Extramural OA targeted research grants
Implementing the OA Program • Deploy and maintain a Coral Reef Metabolic Monitoring Network. - Consist of regional observatories to characterize and monitor coral reef metabolic performance. • Conduct a Coastal OA Monitoring Field Campaign. - Network guided by broad spatial surveys of carbonate chemistry and in-the water calcification rates across diverse coral reef habitats.
ERP and the EGT… • Ecosystem Research Program • Research arm of EGT, serves research and monitoring needs of NOAA and the Nation • Collaborates with Federal and academic partners and leverages resources within NOAA • Advances emerging research topics and expands current issues • Exploration and discovery of novel environments and research paradigms
ERP and Ocean Acidification • Main foci: • Technology development • Ecosystem modeling • Socio-economic assessments • End-point: “To enable resource managers to make scientifically based, better informed decisions that balance the costs and benefits for both the ecosystem and society”
ERP OA Approach • OER (NURP and OE) • Sensor enhancement/development • Low power • Multi-sensor array • Modular flexibility • Common operating requirements (i.e., standard bus, timing, power, data storage/archive, and retrieval) • Sensor applications • Multiple platforms: AUV, ROV, Moorings, drifter buoys…
ERP OA Approach • NCCOS • Competitive Grants: Physiological Effects, Ecosystem Modeling, Regional Assessments • SeaGrant • Outreach effort to solicit scientific and stakeholder input on future needs
ERP OA FY 09-10 Status • FY 09: Integrated alternative reviewed by OMB last week! • Passback unclear on commitment • OAR presenting OA appeal as part of larger Climate submission • FY 10: Process has just begun, EGT incorporated integrated alternative to larger plan • Interest in OA is high by EGT and NOAA.
OA in NOAA’s future • Need to capitalize in established mandates and pending legislation… • MSA has requested NRC report to determine extent of OA effect on fisheries management • NOAA’s Science Advisory Board is looking for action regarding OA, EGT and CLE goals involved • Ocean Acidification bills are currently moving through the halls of Congress.
OA Legislation • House and Senate Bills: ‘Federal Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 2007’ • Introduced 11 and 6, 2007, respectively • Senate Bill out for review by select committee • Scheduled for mark up yesterday along with 3 other Climate-related bills germane to NOAA • Bottom line: • Senate bill may run into jurisdictional battles b/w House Science and House Resources Committees • Congress focused on campaigning next year • Expect 2-yrs for any action on these bills
OA: Towards an Interagency Funding Program • Town Hall at March 2008 Ocean Sciences meeting: Tuesday, March 4 • NOAA, NSF, NASA, USGS, EPA?, DOE?, EU • Advancing the state-of-knowledge demands a broad range of research, monitoring, and modeling capabilities. Some of these capabilities may be better suited to the mission areas of different agencies. Through cross-agency and international coordination, we can achieve greater efficiency, leverage funding, avoid duplicative efforts, and allow for large-scale joint funding initiatives. • Outcomes: collaboration, information exchange, planning