DEVELOPING FUTURE COAST NETWORKS
BREAKOUT GROUP SUMMARY
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COAST promotes research, education, and policy development related to California’s
marine, estuarine, and coastal regions. COAST seeks innovative solutions to ecological,
technological, economic and sociological challenges in the coastal zone.
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What existing or potential CSU marine-related research is not represented in the networks
currently in development? How might these areas be included in future networks?
1. Marine Biodiversity & Conservation
i. Systematics and population genetics, comparative genomics, invasive
species
ii. Next generation sequencer (high-throughput sequencing)
iii. Effects of climate change
iv. How does biodiversity affect ecosystem function?
1. Community structure
2. Extinction
v. Marine natural products (from organisms)
2. Marine Science Education & Outreach
i. Broadly defined to include public (informal), K-12 and higher ed
ii. Emphasize enhanced educational experiences
iii. Could include distance learning and shared curriculum
3. Marine Renewable Resources
i. What we can extract from the ocean?
ii. Energy -tidal, wind, wave, biofuels
iii. Sustainable seafood
iv. Fisheries
v. Economics
vi. Tourism, recreation and sustainable use
4. Geohazards & Coastal Disturbances
i. Earthquakes, underwater landslides, tsunamis, coastal erosion, volcanic
eruptions, hurricanes, ENSO
5. Coastal Monitoring
i. Other networks rely on robust network of environmental monitoring data
ii. Instrumentation needs
iii. Different campuses can be gathering data (with student participation) and
share data for use by other campuses
iv. Unique geographic distribution
6. Coastal Watersheds
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What state and federal emerging priorities should influence the development of future
networks?
Michael Parrish, Sean Craig, Rick Zechman, Angel Valdes, W. Britt Leatham, Tina Hartney, Cristina
Archer, Don Reed, Ron Coleman, Jim Howard, Toby Garfield, Susan Opava, Kenneth Coale