Sentences with phrase «studying coastal management»

Two weeks ago his office sent an email to several Rutgers University science departments in search of graduate students who are studying coastal management and coastal resources.

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Nicholas Pinter, a University of California, Davis, geoscientist who studies flood risk and water management, said that Florida is well - situated to build more wisely after this disaster because it already has a statewide post-disaster redevelopment plan and requires coastal communities to have their own.

While there are management solutions to stabilizing the landscape, those solutions are not without challenges, Goodbred said, but the study notes that systematically breaching embankment sections to allow for delivery of sediment to the coastal sea might at least partially reduce problems.

Nutrient bioextraction using shellfish is becoming more common, and this study demonstrated that it could be an additional tool for nitrogen management in the coastal environment.»

That study also supports the use of ribbed mussels as a management tool for nutrient bioextraction in a range of coastal environments.

In general, disaster management agencies determine coastal flood hazard zones based on studying the storm surge inundation.

To that end, RCF operates a long - term study that examines how intertwined grizzly bears are with their chief food source, salmon, to ultimately inform ecosystem - based management of salmon such that the nutritional needs of grizzlies as well as other coastal large carnivores such as black bears are safeguarded.

«Coastal resiliency and disaster risk reduction have become a national priority, and healthy coastal ecosystems play an important role in building resilient communities,» said Holly Bamford, Ph.D., acting assistant secretary of commerce for conservation and management at NOAA, and co-author of the study.

The researchers undertook the study in light of concerns about decreasing levels of oxygen in coastal waters worldwide, and how the growing prevalence of low - oxygen «dead zones» might affect populations and management of blue crabs and other coastal marine life.

Eddy and Johnson had spent the previous 2 years studying coastal marine resources management, with a specialization in eco-entrepreneurship through a joint initiative between the Bren School and the College of Engineering's Technology Managemenmanagement, with a specialization in eco-entrepreneurship through a joint initiative between the Bren School and the College of Engineering's Technology ManagementManagement Program.

Robert Nicholls, who studies coastal engineering at the University of Southampton, UK, and who co-authored the chapter on coastal management for the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change report, is likewise surprised by the link.

Management strategies for rehabilitation and stock enhancement of coastal shellfisheries; studies of factors controlling recruitment of bivalve populations.

Includes notes on coasts as natural systems, coastal landscape development, management of coastal landscapes, sustainable management approaches and some case study specific information.

Klein is currently working on several land - sea conservation planning projects in which she is studying how such land - based activities as farming, mining, and coastal development impact marine ecosystems and using the information to inform marine and terrestrial management decisions.

Two new studies of the Hudson Landing development proposed for the City of Kingston reveal the planned project violates policies adopted by the city in its Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP) and also is inconsistent with state coastal management guidelines.