Opportunities for Action: Which Levers to Pull, When, Where, and By Whom?

Although acidification and hypoxia are regarded as large scale phenomena, they exert effects at local and regional scales. . Decision makers with water quality and resource perspectives at state and regional levels need to understand whether and how any actions under their control might change the ecosystem impacts. Cross-state partnerships, such as the West Coast OA Hypoxia Panel can help identify mechanisms whereby targeted management strategies can have an effect.