| Please identify additional natural process objectives not identified above. |
| # | Response Date | Comment |
| 1. | Mon, 10/16/06 8:32 PM | N/A |
| 2. | Mon, 10/16/06 9:04 PM | effects of reverse sloping on waters edge |
| 3. | Mon, 10/16/06 9:38 PM | In 6, most of these should be NWS or otehr NOAA program objectives, Not Sea Grant |
| 4. | Mon, 10/16/06 10:36 PM | Value of Coast! |
| 5. | Mon, 10/16/06 11:02 PM | The effects of recreational activities in the waterways on land uses and sustainability of the ocean's resources. |
| 6. | Tue, 10/17/06 1:45 PM | na |
| 7. | Tue, 10/17/06 2:04 PM | Predictive tools for fisheries, based on OOS |
| 8. | Tue, 10/17/06 2:15 PM | Ecosystem based biological monitoring |
| 9. | Tue, 10/17/06 2:28 PM | food chain interactions |
| 10. | Tue, 10/17/06 7:10 PM | Sedimentation and erosion in estuaries. |
| 11. | Wed, 10/18/06 12:24 PM | Long term data (monitoring) of various entities. |
| 12. | Wed, 10/18/06 1:27 PM | How do Marinas impact the coast |
| 13. | Wed, 10/18/06 4:21 PM | Homew with earthquake and hurricane preparedness |
| 14. | Tue, 11/14/06 9:24 PM | Predictive tools for invasive species and/or harmful algal blooms. |
| 15. | Wed, 11/15/06 12:09 AM | hydrology processes that control water quality in the coastal zone (e.g., runoff) |
| 16. | Wed, 11/15/06 1:44 PM | Understand the interaction between anthropogenic inputs (e.g. wastewater runoff) and naturally occurring fluxes in particulate matter in the near-shore environment |
| 17. | Wed, 11/15/06 4:56 PM | Understand and predict the sources and fate of pathogens and contaminants. Understand and predict land use changes and their consequences to coastal ecosystems and communities. |
| 18. | Thu, 11/16/06 6:50 PM | causes of high bacteria levels |
| 19. | Fri, 11/17/06 1:40 PM | Economic and social value of healthy and vibrant commercial fisheries. |
| 20. | Mon, 11/20/06 1:10 PM | Effects of Pollutants on the Environment |
| 21. | Mon, 11/20/06 7:16 PM | natural area fragmentation; hydrologic impacts of small wetland loss thru ditching and draining |
| 22. | Tue, 11/21/06 4:03 PM | Rise of sea level against the shoreline |
| 23. | Tue, 11/21/06 6:01 PM | Main problem with above is that they are expensive and unlike other state SG programs the dollar support for a proposal is still relatively low/year. Hence many of the above questions are too costly |
| 24. | Wed, 11/22/06 1:01 PM | Value of clean water and healthy ecosystems to quality of life for coastal residents and visitors |
| 25. | Mon, 11/27/06 6:40 PM | predictive tools for effects of natural processes on fishery recruitment |
| 26. | Tue, 12/5/06 2:52 PM | Beaufort County's estuarine system and its relation to the Gulfstream |
| 27. | Thu, 12/7/06 9:23 PM | biological population natural variability |
| 28. | Fri, 12/8/06 1:19 PM | Long Term Effects of causeways and bridges across marshes to coastal islands. |
| 29. | Fri, 12/8/06 5:04 PM | Coastal Land Change |
| 30. | Sun, 12/10/06 2:00 AM | species interactions |
| 31. | Sun, 12/10/06 11:27 PM | none |
| 32. | Mon, 12/25/06 11:13 AM | Studying often implies controlling or impassive prediciting of "natural" processes. |