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1. Setting Priorities
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... This is reflected in the research priorities highlighted in several National Research Council (NRC) reports dealing with global change, climate variability, environmental quality, and hazards mitigation (NRC, 1998b - i.
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... Finally, ecosystem disturbances are likely to be a major pathway for any changes and shifts in water and chemical cycles resulting from human activity. This cross-discipline research area is key to addressing challenges identified under both the USGCRP global carbon cycle (contained within the biology and biogeochemist~y of ecosystems USGCRP program element)
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... It wait then be possible to address the combined influences of cInnate change and land use change, which occur both in the context of natural and human-induced variability, on hydrologic systems and ecosystems. Setting Priorities 5
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