Monitoring Southern California's Coastal Waters (1990) / Chapter Skim
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7 Conclusions and Recommendations
7 Conclusions and Recommendations
Pages 142-144
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for natural marine resources in the California Current system and Southern California Bight has been unparalleled among marine resource monitoring programs in terms of its commitment to a long-term time-series assessment. However, station coverage has been reduced by budget cuts.
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A regional program should be established that: · addresses specific questions about the current environmental condition of the bight and the resources therein, including those associated with public health impacts, spatial and temporal trends in natural resources, nonpoint source and riverine contributions, nearshore habitat changes, and cumulative or areawide impacts of large and small point and nonpoint source inputs; · incorporates standardized sampling, analysis, and data management methods; · establishes a comprehensive data base management system for all monitoring and resource data in the bight, which could provide access to the historic and current data needed to perform comprehensive and bightwide analyses;
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If properly implemented, the benefits and the costs of a regional monitoring program can be shared by all sectors of society. However, it should also be noted that a regional approach ultimately has to consider the effects of competing uses on land, water, and air quality, and tradeoffs between short- and long-term costs and benefits.
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