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<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Announcement from SCOR and the IOC: <o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The Scientific Steering Committee for the &#8216;Global
Ecology and Oceanography of HABs&#8217; programme, GEOHAB, has released its
research plan for comparative studies of HABs in fjords and coastal embayments.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>To download the plan, see how to join GEOHAB research, and to
read about other GEOHAB developments visit <a href="http://www.geohab.info/">www.geohab.info</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

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<address><i><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></i></address>

<p style='margin:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;
font-style:italic'>Raphael Kudela<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

<p style='margin:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;
font-style:italic'>Chair GEOHAB SSC<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

<p style='margin:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;
font-style:italic'>Ocean Sciences &amp; Institute for Marine Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

<p style='margin:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span lang=IT style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;
font-style:italic'>University of California Santa Cruz, USA<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

<p style='margin:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span lang=IT style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;
font-style:italic'><a href="mailto:kudela@ucsc.edu">kudela@ucsc.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

<address><i><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=IT style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-style:normal'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></i></address>

<address><i><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Ed Urban<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></address>

<address><i><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></address>

<address><i><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></address>

<address><i><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'><a href="mailto:Ed.Urban@scor-int.org">Ed.Urban@scor-int.org</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></address>

<address><i><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></i></address>

<address><i><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></address>

<address align=left><i><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
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w:st="on"><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
 font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Henrik Enevoldsen</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></address>

<address align=left><i><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>IOC Programme Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></address>

<address><i><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of
UNESCO</span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></address>

<address><i><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=DE style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><a href="mailto:h.enevoldsen@unesco.org"><font
color=navy><span lang=EN-GB style='color:navy'>h.enevoldsen@unesco.org</span></font></a></span></font><o:p></o:p></i></address>

<address><i><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></address>

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