LAND-OCEAN INTERACTIONS IN THE COASTAL ZONE
June `98
No. 7
LOICZ NEWSLETTER
Demands in the late 1980's by
NEW EXECUTIVE
environmental managers and
resources planners for scientific
OFFICER
information at regional coastal
scales led to the establishment in
FOR LOICZ
1989 of a Project Office within the
CSIRO Institute of Natural
ON LINE
Resources and Environment.
Through this, Chris utilised
Australian interdisciplinary
The new Executive Officer of
scientific capabilities to address
LOICZ, Chris Crossland, has
major coastal zone issues for
come to the Netherlands from
national, state and international
Townsville, Australia, where he
governments and agencies. and
was the inaugural Director of the
designed marine projects for
CRC Reef Research Centre. The
tasks within and outside Australia.
Centre, established in 1993, is a
Chris's team involved in one of
successful enterprise of the
these projects, the Port Phillip
Australian government's
Bay Study, received the 1996
Cooperative Research Centres
This is the seventh newsletter
CSIRO Chairman's Award and
Program, bringing together
of the Land Ocean Interactions
Chris was awarded the 1997
researchers and industry users of
in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ)
Australian Science
scientific information to
International Project of the
Communicators Award.
collaborate in further developing
IGBP. It is produced quarterly
Because coastal zone authorities
key economic sectors. Centres
to provide news and
now recognise that people and
operate as networks of research-
information regarding LOICZ
their activities rather than the
industry teams solving problems
natural environment need to be
and delivering science outputs to
managed, there is now the added
meet strategic goals - a model
with some similarity to LOICZ.
Born and educated in New
Zealand with BSc and MSc
(Hons) from Auckland University,
Chris completed a PhD in plant
physiology at James Cook
University, North Queensland.
His research career on marine
issues focussed on coral
productivity and calcification,
extending to wider ecosystem and
resource issues in tropical and
subtropical coastal environments.
He was a foundation research
scientist with the Australian
Institute of Marine Science
(1974), then moved to CSIRO
Division of Fisheries (1979-1989),
working in research and with
management agencies in
Australia, the Middle East, South
East Asia and the Caribbean.
Photo: Chris Crossland during the Eighth LOICZ Scientific Steering
Committee meeting in Adelaide, Australia.

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dimension of socio-economic
developed a comprehensive set
issues within coastal zone
of curricula for marine scientists
research. Chris has built these
and coastal managers with a
capabilities into the issues-driven
special focus on decision-makers.
THOUGHTS ON
research on the Great Barrier
He conducted workshops in South
STANDING DOWN
Reef for the CRC Reef Research
East Asia, the Caribbean and
Centre. He has also served on a
Germany, including the
FROM THE SSC
large number of Australian state
international symposium "Socio-
and national and international
Economic Benefits of Integrated
Ed Gomez
committees dealing with coastal
Coastal Zone Management"
management issues.
December 1996, which had a This year is my last of the
strong LOICZ participation and maximum six normally allowed an
Now resident on Texel, he is
addressed the global dimension individual to be a member of the
accompanied by wife Jan and two
of coastal processes under the Scientific Steering Committee. I
daughters Angela and Suzanne.
view of ecology and economic am one of the early members and
They are all looking forward to
pressures.
over the years witnessed the
learning new languages and
evolution of the committee. At the
customs and exploring Europe
Hartwig was born in Herne, start, the members came from
whenever possible.
Germany and studied Biology at various sectors, largely unknown to
the Universities of Marburg and each other and not sure how the
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Kiel. At the Institute for Marine whole project would move forward,
Science in Kiel he specialised in or even if it would move forward.
biological and physical Hence, there was greater disparity
oceanography with a major focus of interests or agendas. The early
Deputy
on fisheries, ecology and
meetings were often punctuated by
toxicology. His MSc (1987) and verbal standoffs often reflecting
EXECUTIVE
PhD (1994) work took him to a strong personality differences as
number of research institutions in
OFFICER FOR
much as scientific viewpoints.
Germany, Denmark, the
Netherlands and the U.K. Sea
LOICZ
As the years passed, the SSC
time also gave him experience in members began to appreciate
the practical aspects of fisheries, better their role and function in the
marine pathology and, in team- project. From predominantly giving
work with those people scientific advice about how the
commercially involved in this LOICZ should develop, it became
field.
apparent that for the project to
move faster, it was now necessary
Hartwig's PhD thesis addressed for more and more of the members
the question of heavy metal loads to be actually involved in the
and toxicology of bony tissues of project's research agenda.
top-predators, in response to the
disastrous seal epizootic disease At the last SSC meeting in
in the Wadden Sea in 1988/89. At Adelaide, the previously atmos-
the time, he was a civil servant in phere of earlier meetings was
the Chamber of Agriculture and replaced by the salubrious austral
related ministries of the German air. The committee has turned into
Federal Government and the a cohesive, collegial, and even
State Government of Schleswig- congenial group that worked
Holstein. He has experience in harmoniously as never before.
the transfer of scientific Such were the rites of passage that
knowledge into policy and LOICZ went through, and the future
Hartwig Kremer, the new Deputy
management practice, and the looks very promising for the IGBP
Executive Officer, comes to
economic and social aspects of and coastal global science!
LOICZ from Bremen, Germany,
fisheries, aquaculture and
where he was program manager
environmental quality.
of Environmental Protection of
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Coastal Waters and Food
Hartwig will be joining LOICZ in
Security, a program funded by the
July, when he will move with wife
Federal Ministry for Economic
and young daughter to Texel.
Cooperation and Development
Ed Gomez, from the Philippines, is
and the State of Bremen. The
outgoing Chair of the SSC, and
program concentrates on human
has just completed a 6-year term
and institutional capacity-building
of the Scientific Planning and
in coastal and marine research
Steering Committees of LOICZ.
and management. Hartwig

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household consumption. The discussed at the next
Integrating Natural
impact of each economic sector is S A R C S / W O T R O / L O I C Z
and Social Sciences in the residual (Carbon-Nitrogen- Workshop in November 1998. The
Phosphorus) output which inputs to detailed methodologies for
the Coastal Zone - the the CNP budget modelling. This constructing the economic-
SARCS/WOTRO/LOICZ relationship provides the basis for environmental I/O model can be
Approach
the linkage of the economic and obtained from the Report of the
environmental models. The CNP Coastal Zone Science in South-
budgets are connected to
Jahara Yahaya
East Asia, Bolinao Marine
ecological process models to Laboratory, Marine Science,
determine the ecological impacts.
The ultimate goal of the
University of Philippines, 24-28
SARCS/WOTRO/LOICZ Project in
November 1997, LOICZ Meeting
The feedback or "return loop" from
South-East Asia is to formulate
Report No. 28.
the ecological impacts to the
methods for the integration of economic activities has not been
natural and social sciences in the
It is recognised that the approach
firmly established. However, the
coastal zone. Subsequently, it is
adopted by the SARCS/WOTRO/
S A R C S / W O T R O / L O I C Z
recognised that a common
LOICZ sites would not be a fully
researchers opted to proceed in
conceptual framework is needed to
integrated model, but should be
testing the linkages between
serve as a basis for the linkage,
seen as the first step towards a
regional I/O model outputs and the
and for eventual integration of
fuller integration of the natural and
biogeochemical models at their
biogeochemical models with
social sciences in the coastal zone.
study sites. The methodologies for
ecological and economic models. construction of appropriate I/O
A consensus was reached during
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Table and for integrating the
the last SARCS/WOTRO/LOICZ
Jahara Yahaya, from Malaysia, is a
residuals generated into the I/O member of the SSC with particular
Workshop held in Bolinao, Table were outlined.
interest in socio-economics. She is a
Philippines, 24-28 November
driving force of the SARCS/WOTRO/
1997, that the economic-
environmental input/output (I/O) The output of this exercise will be LOICZ core project.
model will be used as the common
conceptual framework for all the
core sites.
residuals
The framework combines the
processes of two interacting
economic
environmental
subsystems: economic and
subsystem
subsystem
environmental (Figure 1). The
economic subsystem refers to all
the economic activities under
resources
consideration, while the Figure 1. Conceptual integrated model for the coastal zone
environmental subsystem
comprises the biogeochemical
processes. The two subsystems
interact through a) the impacts of
Integrating Economics and Environmental Models
the economic activities on the
environmental subsystem, for
Framework
example, the emission of
Ecological
residuals such as BOD by urban
Residual
population, and b) the extraction of
I/O Table
Process I
resources, such as fish catches,
from the environmental
Socio Economic
Residual
CNP
subsystem.
Process I
to
Budget
CNP
Ecological
Process II
Figure 2 details the conceptual
Socio Economic
economic-environmental linkages.
Process II
The economic subsystem is
Ecological
expressed in terms of an economic
Process III
Residual
input-output model relating final
Generation
demand to production. The final
demand is influenced by
macroeconomic factors such as
economic growth, demographic
change, policy intervention and
Figure 2. Additional detail for conceptual economic/environmental linkages.

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participation. Please send CV
FROM THE CHAIR
IPO STAFF
(electronic copies are helpful) and
full mailing address to Silvia
Han Lindeboom
Ibarra
Obando, CICESE, Ecology De-
CHRIS CROSSLAND
With the start of Chris Crossland partment. US mailing address:
Executive Officer
and Hartwig Kremer we have a
P.O. Box 434844, San Diego CA,
HARTWIG KREMER
fully operational Project Office
92143-4844, USA.
Deputy Executive Officer
again and are ready for a very
E-mail: ibarra@cicese.mx. A re-
CYNTHIA PATTIRUHU,
good LOICZ future. And we
sponse will be provided by 1st Oc-
Office Administrator
certainly have to be because a lot tober 1998.
MARTIJN VAN DER ZIJP,
is expected from us.
Data Analyst
At the 13th SC-IGBP meeting in
JUDITH VAN BLEIJSWIJK,
Boulder, USA, the future of IGBP
LOICZ Calendar
Project Assistant
as a whole was discussed and it
MILDRED JOURDAN,
was decided that a synthesis of all
Secretary
IGBP Programme results will be

prepared while for now most
Second Annual Scientific
information for this synthesis will
ELOISE Conference 30th
F
come from the older programme
September - 3rd October
OR MORE INFORMATION,
elements like GCTE, JGOFS,
1998, Huelva, Spain.
PLEASE CONTACT:
BAHC, IGAC and PAGES,
younger projects like LOICZ will
LOICZ I
Australasian Estuaries
NTERNATIONAL PROJECT
actively participate.
workshop, October 1998,
OFFICE
Key question include: What is the Australia.
NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA
role of the coastal zone in global
RESEARCH
carbon and nutrient budgets? Is
START/IOC/LOICZ work-
PO BOX 59
the coastal zone a source or sink
shop: Climate changes and
1790 AB D
of CO2? How does global change
coastal processes in
EN BURG - TEXEL
affect the coastal zone?
West-Africa.
THE NETHERLANDS
Also, more inter-programme
November 1998 (planned)
initiatives will be encouraged.
Cotonou, Republic of Benin.
PHONE: 31-222 369404
LOICZ will take a leading role in a
FAX:
31-222 369430
continental aquatic systems
Biogeochemical modelling
E-MAIL: LOICZ@NIOZ.NL
project, for which Wim Salomons
workshop, 12th-16th Jan-
WWW H
is organising a workshop.
uary 1999, Merida, Mexico.
OME PAGE:
At the beginning of the next
HTTP://WWW.NIOZ.NL/LOICZ/
century IGBP is planning to
IGBP Congress and SSC9
organise a `Millennium
meeting, Japan, May 1999.
Conference' in the form of an
open science meeting of all
LOICZ 4th Open Science
New LOICZ Publications
programme elements, to which
Meeting, October-
the results of the first synthesis
November 1999, Bahía
should be presented.
Blanca, Argentina.
MEETING REPORTS*
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Millennium Conference,
October (2000 or 2001),
Report on the JGOFS/LOICZ
Washington, USA.
Workshop on non-conservative
WORKSHOP
fluxes in the continental margins.
The Netherlands, 6-9 October
A workshop on biogeochemical
OTHER MEETINGS
1997. Meeting Report No. 25.
modelling for the Gulf of Mexico,
Yucatan Peninsula, and Central
Report on the 8th Scientific
LUCC Data Gathering and
America region will take place in
Compilation Workshop.
Steering Committee Meeting.
Merida, Yucatan on January 12-
11th-13th November 1998,
Australia, 29th April - 2nd May
16, 1999 (CINVESTAV). We are
Barcelona, Spain.
1998. Meeting Report No. 30.
looking for researchers that have
data on hydrology and water
Coastal Zone 99 Confe-
chemistry of coastal lagoons in
rence, 24th-30th July 1999
* Meeting Reports are available
this area. A selection of
San Diego, USA.
on request
participants will be made in order
to have a maximum of 20
participants and assure full

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