Human Dimensions/ Social Science
Climate Change and Ocean Acidification
• Social and Cultural Considerations in Fisheries Management: Using social science to understand people’s connections to fisheries, involvement in stewardship and desires for management
• Ecosystem Modeling and Climate Change: Research in biological oceanography in the Central and Western Pacific with a focus on population dynamics of high trophic animals and climate change effects on top predators
Kirsten Leong National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (808) 725-5398 kirsten.leong@noaa.gov
Phoebe Woodworth-Jefcoats National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, (808) 725-5562 Phoebe.WoodworthJefcoats@noaa.gov
• Socioeconomic Importance of Hawai‘i Fisheries: Pelagic, bottomfish and charter fishing Justin Hospital National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (808) 725-5399 justin.hospital@noaa.gov
• Global and Local Impacts of Climate Change and Sea Level Rise: Ongoing projects funded by the National Science Foundation via the University of Hawai‘i Chip Fletcher University of Hawai‘i, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (808) 956-2582 fletcher@soest.hawaii.edu
• Global and Local Impacts of Climate Change and Sea Level Rise: Current and future changes to Pacific Island forests, reefs, and natural and cultural resources Jeff Burgett Pacific Islands Climate Change Cooperative (808) 687-6175 jeff.burgett@piccc.net • Challenges and Opportunities in the Pacific Islands: Extreme events and coastal hazards, water resources, coastal community planning and economic development, and public health and safety Ray Tanabe National Weather Service (808) 725-6000 raymond.tanabe@noaa.gov • Climate-Related Risk Reduction and Planning: Developing and disseminating data and products associated with coastal inundation and erosion John Marra NOAA Regional Climate Services Director, Pacific Region (808) 725-5974 john.marra@noaa.gov
• Ocean Acidification: Marine biogeochemistry and the oceanic carbon cycle Chris Winn Hawai‘i Pacific University, College of Natural and Computational Sciences (808) 236-5819 cwinn@hpu.edu
Marine Debris • Ocean Trash Recovery Programs Mark Manuel National Ocean Service, Marine Debris Program (808) 725-5266 mark.manuel@noaa.gov
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