PREFACE 



The marine research program supported by the 

 Office of Energy Research, Ecological Research 

 Division, is focused to provide scientific information 

 on major environmental issues facing development 

 and expansion of most energy technologies and energy 

 policy. These issues include waste disposal, 

 siting/operations, and possible long term effects on 

 global systems. 



The research is concentrated along the United 

 States coastal margins where marine waters provide 

 abundant food and resources while assimilating dis- 

 charges from atmospheric, terrestrial, and aquatic 

 sources. The program focuses on the formation and 

 transport of particles within the waters of the continen- 

 tal shelf and the fate of these particles, whether on the 

 shelf, on the slope, or in the open ocean. 



The program is conducted with multidiscipli- 

 nary teams of researchers who investigate water mass 

 movements, biological productivity, and naturally 

 forming particles, as well as contaminant transport, to 

 develop a clear understanding of the exchanges of con- 

 taminants and other materials that take place between 

 continental shelf and open ocean waters. Seventy-five 

 percent of the projects are funded to university gran- 

 tees and twenty-five percent to National Laboratories. 



These long term studies have provided con- 

 siderable insight into the dynamics of the coastal ocean 

 margins, resulting in several publications synthesizing 

 research. Those published in the last three years are 

 listed below: 



Angel, M. V., and R. L. Smith, eds., "Summer 

 Upwelling on the Southeastern Continental 

 Shelf of the U.S.A.," Progress in Oceanography, 

 19,221-441,1987. 



Atkinson, L. P., D. W. Menzel, and K. A. Bush, 

 eds., Oceanography of the Southeastern United 

 States Continental Shelf, Coastal and Estuarine 

 Science, 2, American Geophysical Union, 

 Washington, D.C., 1985. 



Eppley, R.W., ed., Plankton Dynamics of the 

 Southern California Bight, Lecture Notes on 

 Coastal and Estuarine Studies, 15, Springer Ver- 

 lag, New York, 1986. 



Landry, M. R., and B. M. Hickey, eds., Coastal 

 Oceanography of Washington and Oregon, El- 

 sevier, in press, 1989. 



Walsh, J. J., ed., "Shelf Edge Exchange Processes 

 of the Mid- Atlantic Bight," Continental Shelf Re- 

 search, 8, 433-946, 1988. 



The scientific community offers valued assis- 

 tance by reviewing programs and individual projects, 

 as well as providing indepth analysis of ongoing and 

 proposed research in specific regions. Management 

 and coordination of the multidisciplinary marine 

 program is handled by a small dedicated staff. These 

 are: 



Southeast Region 

 West Coast Shelf 



Northeast Region 



William Forster, Ph.D. 



Ecological Research Division 



ER-75 



Department of Energy 



Washington, DC 20545 



(301) 353-3035 



George Saunders, Ph.D. 



Ecological Research Division 



ER-75 



Department of Energy 



Washington, DC 20545 



(301) 353-5348 



Questions or requests for further information 

 concerning the Ocean Margins Program sponsored by 

 the Ecological Research Division can be directed to 

 the staff listed above. 



Helen M. McCammon, Ph.D. 



Director 



Ecological Research Division 



Office of Energy Research 



Coastal Ocean Margins Program 



December 1988 



