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NATIONAL COASTAL CONDITION REPORT
Citation:
Summers, J K., B. Burgan, V. D. ENGLE, JAMES E. HARVEY, G. G. PESCH, W. G. NELSON, L. M. SMITH, L. C. HARWELL, H. A. WALKER, J. A. KIDDON, H. LEE, D. BROWN, J. BIGLER, AND J. LAMBERTSON. NATIONAL COASTAL CONDITION REPORT. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA-620/R-01/005, 2001.
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Description:
The National Coastal Condition report compiles several available data sets from different agencies and areas of the country and summarizes them to present a broad baseline picture of the condition of coastal waters. Although data sets presented in this report do not cover all coastal areas with respect to all ecological issues of concern, they do tell a story about coastal conditions from a multiregional perspective. For example, EPA's Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) has monitoring data for the Virginian, Louisianian, and Carolinian provinces, which encompass 70% of continental U.S. estuarine acreage for about 18% of U.S. estuarine acreage if Alaska is included. This report will serve as a useful benchmark for analyzing the progress of coastal programs in the future and will be followed in subsequent years by reports on more specialized coastal issues.
URL :
http://epa.gov/owow/oceans/nccr/downloads.html