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who bridges both worlds, I hope my perspective from a pol- icy point of view has been useful. Finally, I urge managers to interact with scientists and use the best available science to support their analyses and scientists to reach out to manag- ers to understand better their scientific and practical needs because the work they do is important and is the realm where the decibels really do hit the water!
Acknowledgments
The topics mentioned are a collaborative effort of many within and outside NOAA. I specifically want to thank Jef- frey Adams, Deborah Ben-David, Jason Gedamke, Jolie Harrison, and Nicole LeBoeuf at NOAA as well as Michael Ainslie, Holger Klinck, and Brandon Southall for their in- put, reviews, and valuable comments.
For more information about NOAA, see the following Web sites: NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources at http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/,
Acoustic Guidance at http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/acoustics/guidelines.htm, and CetSound Project and Ocean Noise Strategy at http://cetsound.noaa.gov/.
Biosketch
Amy Scholik-Schlomer works for NOAA Fisheries, serving as the techni- cal lead for acoustic issues within the Office of Protected Resources. She has a BS degree in Fisheries Management from The Ohio State University and a PhD in Biology from the University of
Kentucky, where her dissertation focused on the effects of noise on fish hearing. She has been active in the field of bio- acoustics for over 17 years and has been an author of several publications and reports as well as a presenter at numerous national and international conferences on the issue of un- derwater noise and marine protected species.
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