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Article: United States: Cooperative Institute for the North Atlantic Region (CINAR) Will Improve Ecosystem Management.
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- October 1, 2009
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Federal and academic marine scientists in the Northeast have combined resources in a new effort to understand how the large marine ecosystem off the northeastern U.S. functions.
I am very pleased to be involved in research that can truly improve the way we manage valuable ocean resources, said Don Anderson, senior scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and director of the newly formed Cooperative Institute for the North Atlantic Region.
The Northeast shelf is one of the most studied and best known marine ecosystems in the world, said Anderson. This institute provides a way to harness that knowledge and focus it on understanding the ...