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Term Monitoring in those regions where the projects coincide. Similarly, chemical, geological, and 

 sedimentological sampling could be combined in the common region. Detection of Chronic Effects retains its 

 identity and does not fit well with the other studies. 



4.3.3 Physical Oceanography Coordination 



The need for coordination with physical studies varies across the biological studies. The TEXLA Ecosystem 

 Study absolutely must have information of transport, mixing, and transient events that affect biological processes. 

 Both the Long-Term Monitoring and Detection of Chronic Impact Studies would benefit from information about 

 environmental change, but close coordination is not required. 



It is recommended that Physical Efforts coincide with the TEXLA Ecosystem Study in at least the following ways: 



• common stations, regions, and schedules - within the TEXLA region, physical and biological data should 

 be collected concurrently; 



• common modeling efforts - ecological models dealing with transport or other biological physical 

 interactions should be created in coordination with physical modelers; 



• coordination of analysis and synthesis - common analysis of biological and physical data should be a 

 contractual requirement. 



