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2. An ocean blueprint for the 21st century,2004
3. Exploration of the seas: voyage into the unknown,2003
4. America's living oceans: charting a course for sea change. A report to the nation,2003
5. Charting the course for ocean science in the United States for the next decade: an ocean research priorities plan and implementation strategy,2007