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NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY
GLERL RESEARCH - ACCOMPLISHMENTS, PLANS, AND PARTNERSHIPS
FY97 Operating Plan
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA), Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR),
in keeping with the Government Performance and Review Act (GPRA, Public
Law 103-62) , the NOAA Strategic Plan, and its related
Five-Year Implementation Plan, has established an Operating Plan that
included specific accomplishment targets for FY97. These are organized
in terms of Objectives, Performance Measures (PM), and Milestones under
each of the following major elements of the NOAA Strategic Plan:
- Build Sustainable Fisheries
- Sustain Healthy Coasts
- Advance Short-Term Warning and Forecast Services
- Implement Seasonal to Interannual Climate Forecasts
- Predict and Assess Decadal-to-Centennial Change
The Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) has five Milestones
to report under the OAR FY97 Operating Plan, all of which fall under the
Sustain Healthy Coasts element. GLERL's Milestones are listed below,
along with the Objective, Performance Measure, Reporting Date (Quarter),
and Responsible Scientist.
As each Milestone is reported, the text and accompanying illustrations
will be added to this web site, and the listing of the milestone below
will then become a link to the actual Milestone Report.
REPORTS DUE AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER (JANUARY, 1997)
OBJECTIVE: PROTECT, CONSERVE AND RESTORE COASTAL RESOURCES, HABITATS,
AND THEIR BIODIVERSITY
PM: Number of studies that improve Assessment/understanding of select
nonindigenous species in the Great Lakes
Milestone: Complete field
study of the effects of the zebra mussel on food-web transfer of contaminants
in the Great Lakes
Scientist: P. Van Hoof
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OBJECTIVE: PROMOTE CLEAN COASTAL WATERS TO SUSTAIN LIVING MARINE RESOURCES
AND ENSURE SAFE RECREATION, HEALTHY SEAFOOD, AND ECONOMIC VITALITY
PM: Develop an understanding of processes affecting South Florida
environments with emphasis on the water quality/quantity and impacts of
Florida Bay; improve assessment and predictions of the effects of anthropogenic
stresses at the regional/watershed level.
Milestone: Complete nutrient
dynamics study of Florida Bay and determine nitrogen flux to and from
the sediments of Florida Bay
Scientist: W. Gardner
REPORTS DUE AT THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER (APRIL, 1997)
OBJECTIVE: PROTECT, CONSERVE AND RESTORE COASTAL RESOURCES, HABITATS,
AND THEIR BIODIVERSITY
PM: Number of studies that improve Assessment/understanding of select
nonindigenous species in the Great Lakes
Milestone: Investigate
causes and ecological consequences of blue-green algal blooms in areas
of the Great Lakes heavily infested with zebra mussels.
Scientist: H. Vanderploeg
REPORTS DUE AT THE END OF THE FOURTH QUARTER (OCTOBER, 1997)
OBJECTIVE: PROTECT, CONSERVE AND RESTORE COASTAL RESOURCES, HABITATS,
AND TREITY
PM: Number of assessment/monitoring efforts improved to determine
changes in coastal and estuarine ecosystem health through the measurement
of indicators, population health and ecosystem integrity.
Milestone: Complete assessment
of 1993-94 EMAP benthic environmental indicators of Lake Michigan.
Scientist: T. Nalepa
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OBJECTIVE: PROMOTE CLEAN COASTAL WATERS TO SUSTAIN LIVING MARINE RESOURCES
AND ENSURE SAFE RECREATION, HEALTHY SEAFOOD, AND ECONOMIC VITALITY
PM: Develop integrated interdisciplinary understanding of near shore
hydrodynamic processes affecting near shore water quality and coastal
ecosystem health.
Milestone: Complete Lake
Michigan near shore hydrodynamic study of the Milwaukee area. Summarize
findings relevant to causes and prevention of a recurrence of the 1993
Cryptosporidium outbreak.
Scientist: P. Liu
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