ACE-INC is part
of the
Estuarine and Great Lakes (EaGLe) Coastal Initiative.

Click here to
go to the
EaGLe website.
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Click on the links above to see products from the various components that make up ACE INC.

Reporting Period:
April 1, 2001 - March 31, 2006
Year 1
April 2001 -
March 2002
Year 2
April 2002 -
March 2003

View the ACE INC year two progress report
(pdf form)

Year 3
April 2003 -
March 2004
Year 4
April 2004 -
March 2005

Final Report
April 2001 - March 2006


Click here to view EPA's "New Indicators of Coastal Ecosystem Condition" brochure, featuring ACE INC.

Click on the links below to read the EaGLe Center Integration Report that was presented to EPA at the EaGLe meeting at Bodega Bay, Dec. 3-5, 2003.

Report sections:

Final Centers report to EPA (3 Mb PDF; Nov. 12, 2003)
Appendix 4: Draft of Integration manuscript (PDF)

Click on the links below to read the overview manuscripts that will go into the EaGLe Center Integration Report (as part of the Appendix).

The need for integrative, regional indicators in coastal water quality and habitat condition:
How's EaGLe addressing this issue?
(Hans W. Paerl)
(13 Mb PDF)

Atlantic Coastal Ecological Indicator Consortium ACE INC: Using the EaGLe Center concept to develop bio-optical and physiological indicators for coastal water quality management and seagrass habitat condition
(Patrick D Biber, Hans W. Paerl)
(3.5 Mb PDF)

Atlantic Coastal Ecological Indicator Consortium ACE INC: Using the EaGLe Center concept to develop and apply indicators of coastal wetland quality and condition across ecosystem and regional scales
(James T. Morris)
(4 Mb PDF)


Institutional Partners:


UNC -
Chapel Hill