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The Science of Assessments in Restoration Planning Robert Haddad, Ph.D. Chief, NOAAs Assessment & Restoration Division March 7, 2012 Ocean Leadership 2012 Public Policy Forum A Good Assessment is the Key to A Good Restoration Oil

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The Science of Assessments in Restoration Planning

Robert Haddad, Ph.D. Chief, NOAA’s Assessment & Restoration Division March 7, 2012 Ocean Leadership 2012 Public Policy Forum

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A Good Assessment is the Key to A Good Restoration

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Injury Assessment Restoration Selection

Oil Pollution Act NRDA Framework

RESTORATION IMPLEMENTATION

PREASSESSMENT SCREEN

Ephemeral Data Collection Activities

RESTORATION PLANNING

Field Studies Data Evaluation Modeling Injury Quantification Restoration Scoping Project Identification Project Scaling Draft Restoration Plan Final Restoration Plan

Public and Community Involvement

Release Pathway Exposure Injury

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Future of Assessment Science

 By virtue of the legal authorities we work under, NRD

assessment science is applied science

 For active research, we look to partnerships with

academic and other NGO communities

 Moving forward, assessments must take advantage of:

 Techniques that are more synoptic  Techniques that provide rapid/real time information  Techniques that are more ecologically relevant

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Mathematical Models

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Satellites and high resolution aerial photography provide a synoptic view for impacts with large geographically footprints

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ROVs, AUVs, Submarines All provide invaluable scientific information

Holographic Camera and Video Camera with Visible & UV Lights, LISST for oil droplets New ROVs, AUVs, with more sensors White Light Black Light

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From the old to the new - more sensitive methods for collecting and analyzing contaminants

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Tuna - http://www.topp.org/blog/hot_tuna _and_oil_bluefin_gulf_mexico

Telemetry

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Provides real time information on exposure of resources to the contaminants

Sei Whale – Mar-July 2011 Juvenile Green Turtles

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Moving To Injury

Cosco Busan Herring High mortality in intertidal spawn

(exposed at low tide)

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Microarrays and oil-induced heart failure in fish embryos

Anatomy is slow and labor-intensive, gene fingerprinting is rapid and cheap

3 mm

Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 29, 2010

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Tursiops Nearshore Assessment: Multi-pronged Approach

 Stranding response & active

surveillance

 Longitudinal small vessel based

surveys 

4 BSE sites

 Capture-release health

assessment 

2 sites (exposed/unexposed)

 Focused prey sampling

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Toxicity Primary Objectives of Test Program

 Evaluate toxicological responses of representative Gulf of

Mexico aquatic biota to Deepwater Horizon oil and dispersant.

Toxicants

Oil
Dispersant

Exposure

Dissolved
Droplets
Floating oil
Diet

Receptors

Finfish
Invertebrates

Responses

Survival
Reproduction
Growth
Behavior
Disease
Physiology

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Data Management Data Analysis and Visualization Data Input

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Heading Towards Restoration, What is needed?

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Better models that guide our understanding of ecosystem- level needs

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Better tools with focus on both enhanced exposure and on causality

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Better ways to manage, analyze, and visualize the large amounts of data that are the staple of most environmental projects

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Continued strong integration between injury and restoration

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Questions?

Robert Haddad NOAA robert.haddad@noaa.gov

response.restoration.noaa.gov