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Marine environmental history

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If you are conducting research in marine environmental history and historical marine ecology, learn about our Mia Tegner Memorial Grants to help scientists document the composition and abundance of ocean life before humans altered marine ecosystems.

Browse our latest scientific publications:

• Crowder, L. B., G. Osherenko, O. R. Young, S. Airamé, E. A. Norse, N. Baron, J. C. Day, F. Douvere, C. N. Ehler, B. S. Halpern, S. J. Langdon, K. L. McLeod, J. C. Ogden, R. E. Peach, A. A. Rosenberg, and J. A. Wilson. 2006. Resolving Mismatches in U.S. Ocean Governance [PDF]. Science 313: 617-618.
• Guinotte, J., J. Orr, S. Cairns, A. Freiwald, L. Morgan, and R. George. 2006. Will human-induced changes in seawater chemistry alter the distribution of deep-sea scleractinian corals? [PDF]. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 4(3): 141-146.
• Morgan, L.E., C.-F. Tsao, J.M. Guinotte. 2006. Status of Deep Sea Corals in US Waters, with Recommendations for their Conservation and Management. [18 MB PDF] 64 pp. Marine Conservation Biology Institute, Bellevue, WA.
• Norse, E.A. & L.B. Crowder, eds. 2005. Marine Conservation Biology: The Science of Maintaining the Sea’s Biodiversity. Island Press.
• Chandler, W.J. and H. Gillelan. 2004. The history and evolution of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act [PDF]. Environmental Law Reporter News and Analysis 34(6): 10505-10565