Morro Bay Research Needs: Summary of a Workshop. Held in Morro Bay, California onMarch 2, 1996

摘要

The significance of Morro Bay has recently been recognized by its designation in1994 as the first State Estuary and, in 1995, as one of 28 National Estuaries. As directed by these programs, the Morro Bay Watershed Council is guiding the development of management plan that will address water quality related issues facing development of a management plan that will address water quality related issues facing the Morro Bay estuary and its watershed. The Council has established several workgroups, comprised of citizen, agency, business, university and industry representatives, that are identifying issues and suggesting improvements or solutions to these issues using a consensus-based approach. A general overview of research needs identified at previous workgroup meetings was provided by workgroup representatives. The goal of the discussion groups was to develop more specific ideas for research needs, cooperators and funding sources. A draft document of research priorities was written based on discussion group and workgroup summaries and then sent out to all of the workshop participants for review. This document incorporates the results of discussions that occurred at the meeting, as well as comments received from subsequent reviews.