Scientific Steering Committee Members

	Allan Cembella (Germany)	Einar Dahl (Norway)
	Wolfgang Fennel (Germany)	Ken Furuya (Japan)
	Patrick Gentien (France), Past-Chair	Patricia Glibert (USA)
	Leonardo Guzman (Chile)	Raphael Kudela (USA)
	Alicia Lavin (Spain)	Dennis McGillicuddy (USA)
	Robin Raine (Ireland)	Beatriz Reguera (Spain): Ex officio member from IPHAB
	Ming-Jiang Zhou (China-Beijing)

Sponsors: SCOR, IOC, U.S. National Science Foundation, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Ocean Service, IFREMER, French Foreign Affairs Ministry

GEOHAB Science Plan

GEOHAB Implementation Plan

Terms of Reference

• To oversee the development of a Science Plan for the international SCOR/IOC program on the Global Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (GEOHAB) and to submit it within one year for the approval of the sponsors of the program and subsequent publication. The SSC should ensure that the Science Plan has input from the international HAB scientific community.
  
• To develop a detailed Implementation Plan for GEOHAB taking into account input from the scientific community, for presentation and approval by the sponsors and publication within two years.
  
• To coordinate and manage the resulting activities in accordance with the GEOHAB Science and Implementation Plans.
  
• To collaborate, as appropriate, with organizations such as ICES, PICES, etc. and related programs such as GLOBEC, LOICZ, and the emerging Global Ocean Observing System.
  
• To ensure effective communication between related national and regional HAB research efforts.
  
• To report regularly to SCOR and IOC, and to other bodies as needed, on the state of planning and accomplishments of GEOHAB.

Open Science Meeting on HABs in Upwelling Systems
Lisbon, Portugal
17-20 November 2003

Website for Activity: http://www.geohab.info

Questions or Comments?
Please contact SCOR.