http://www.coris.noaa.gov/searchCoRIS Geoportal GeoRSS.Geoportal2024-03-29T12:32:06Z28125Socioeconomic Monitoring Draft Plan Manell-Geus, Guamurn:uuid:{B95904BA-1B33-4B9A-A1F5-DBDEA6C31215{B95904BA-1B33-4B9A-A1F5-DBDEA6C31215}2020-09-04T16:02:58Z"The Manell-Geus watershed on Guam was selected as one of ten Habitat Blueprint Focus Areas across the nation for the Pacific Island region by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in 2014. Habitat Blueprint is a national initiative f...12.732335 -160.37145 22.3567 145.44916712.732335 -160.37145 22.3567 145.449167NOAA selects Guam's Manell-Geus watershed as new habitat focus areaurn:uuid:{A19A50D2-A181-4696-9B9D-2685181C40C4{A19A50D2-A181-4696-9B9D-2685181C40C4}2023-01-20T13:36:22ZThe Manell-Geus watershed on the southern tip of Guam has been selected as the next Habitat Focus Area under NOAA s Habitat Blueprint"--Page [1].12.732335 144.303426 14.2506179 145.44916712.732335 144.303426 14.2506179 145.449167Design and implementation of watershed restoration projects in the Manell and Geus Watersheds in southern Guamurn:uuid:{ED08FD17-F8D6-41E6-9853-1B42025F4C12{ED08FD17-F8D6-41E6-9853-1B42025F4C12}2020-05-16T14:39:35Z"The primary objective of this project was to assess the Manell and Geus Watersheds and design demonstration projects to stabilize stream bank and create riparian buffers in the Manell and Geus Watersheds in Southern Guam. The project objective was to dem...12.732335 144.303426 14.2506179 145.44916712.732335 144.303426 14.2506179 145.449167Geus/Manell Conservation Action Planning Workshop (September 2010) overview of results : updated with 2013 Merizo community inputurn:uuid:{A405934F-3DE6-40EB-8A26-E6FFE762D792{A405934F-3DE6-40EB-8A26-E6FFE762D792}2023-01-20T13:36:42ZA community household survey was conducted during the summer of 2010 by Romina King that attempted to measure attitudes, perceptions, beliefs, and land/marine use patterns in the Manell/Geus (King, in press). Approximately 350 surveys were returned and ta...12.732335 144.303426 14.2506179 145.44916712.732335 144.303426 14.2506179 145.449167Comprehensive Watershed Management Plan for the Manell-Geus watersheds on Guamurn:uuid:{0F314B94-519E-457C-805A-275458113E91{0F314B94-519E-457C-805A-275458113E91}2024-03-12T21:21:11ZThis project will develop a comprehensive Watershed Management Plan (WMP) for the Manell-Geus watersheds on Guam in collaboration with local partners and stakeholders. The watershed plan will propose a series of actions to address known sources of land-ba...12.732335 144.303426 14.2506179 145.44916712.732335 144.303426 14.2506179 145.449167Manell-Geus habitat blueprint focus area siteurn:uuid:{E941CFA1-DD2A-4D48-9283-C7A3DBAEA359{E941CFA1-DD2A-4D48-9283-C7A3DBAEA359}2020-09-04T16:00:03Z"Presentation overview explaining the purpose of the NOAA habitat blueprint is to provide a framework to improve habitat for fisheries, marine life, and coastal communities.The focus area objectives are identified; and summaries of the work completed, wor...12.732335 144.303426 14.2506179 145.44916712.732335 144.303426 14.2506179 145.449167Implementation of Priority Watershed Projects in the Manell-Geus Watershed, Guamurn:uuid:{9CB28717-C738-4E72-A3FB-34059ECF3FBE{9CB28717-C738-4E72-A3FB-34059ECF3FBE}2024-03-12T20:34:00ZThe Manell-Geus watershed was identified as a priority watershed under Guam’s coral reef conservation program in 2009 and as a NOAA Habitat Blueprint Focus Area (HFA) in 2014. The watershed drains into a rich and diverse coastal area that supports cultura...12.732335 144.303426 14.2506179 145.44916712.732335 144.303426 14.2506179 145.449167NCCOS Assessment: Measurement of Turbidity and Nutrients in Three Rivers that Drain to the Achang Reef Flat from Manell Watershed, Guam, from 2016-12-01 to 2018-12-31 (NCEI Accession 0204837)urn:uuid:{3BA395E4-5B27-480E-99C3-8856895D8823{3BA395E4-5B27-480E-99C3-8856895D8823}2021-08-17T12:06:47ZThis dataset contains results from the monitoring of nutrients and turbidity in three rivers in the Manell watershed in southern Guam, which drain to the Achang Reef Flat Marine Preserve. The dataset contains a series of data tables and a data dictionary ...13.2457 144.681978 13.262778 144.72288313.2457 144.681978 13.262778 144.722883Integrating social and bio-physical monitoring: An initial framework for the Manell-Geus NOAA Habitat Blueprint Focal Areaurn:uuid:{03034CEE-9113-4E05-8579-C8C18B2C617A{03034CEE-9113-4E05-8579-C8C18B2C617A}2020-09-04T16:01:40Z"The purpose of this guidance brief is to outline how ecosystem monitoring might be integrated across the typically separate disciplines of the biophysical (ecology and oceanography) and social sciences. Despite the need for ecosystem based management (EB...12.732335 144.303426 14.2506179 145.44916712.732335 144.303426 14.2506179 145.449167Assessment of turbidity in the Geus River Watershed in Southern Guamurn:uuid:{2DEB9162-F538-4BA7-A090-2FF065857E3F{2DEB9162-F538-4BA7-A090-2FF065857E3F}2020-09-04T16:02:03Z"In February 2014, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced the designation of Manell-Geus Watersheds as a Habitat Focus Area because it is valuable as a natural resource to the coastal community of Merizo. As a Habitat Focus A...12.732335 144.303426 14.2506179 145.44916712.732335 144.303426 14.2506179 145.449167Manell/Geus watershed restoration phase II : final reporturn:uuid:{F3A4A275-5C64-43B9-AFF5-A0F5AF34003D{F3A4A275-5C64-43B9-AFF5-A0F5AF34003D}2023-01-20T13:36:51ZThe components of this project were the physical characterization of the stream channel, assessments of the riparian vegetation and macrofaunal surveys. In continental systems, assessments of the physical and riparian conditions of streams have been used ...12.732335 144.303426 14.2506179 145.44916712.732335 144.303426 14.2506179 145.449167Fish assemblages and benthic communities in the Manell-Geus watershed, Cocos Lagoon and Achang Reef Flat Marine Preserveurn:uuid:{7B216E39-7C8C-4A06-9333-94B50331C998{7B216E39-7C8C-4A06-9333-94B50331C998}2023-01-20T13:37:07ZIn 2014, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) established the Manell-Geus watershed as a Habitat Focus Area (HFA), as part of the Habitat Blueprint, with a range of biological and social objectives. One of those objectives is to impr...12.732335 144.303426 14.2506179 145.44916712.732335 144.303426 14.2506179 145.449167Measurement of Turbidity and Nutrients in Two Rivers that Drain to the Achang Reef Flat from Manell Watershed, Guamurn:uuid:{92327EF7-53F6-47AD-98F6-85495B0BD419{92327EF7-53F6-47AD-98F6-85495B0BD419}2024-03-12T20:38:16ZSedimentation has been identified as a high threat to coral reefs in the Manell-Geus Conservation Action Plan, and nutrients are highlighted in the Manell-Geus Habitat Blueprint. Jurisdictional managers have highlighted the area as being impacted by LBSP....12.732335 144.303426 14.2506179 145.44916712.732335 144.303426 14.2506179 145.449167Achieving social and ecological goals of coastal management through integrated monitoringurn:uuid:{D662A19C-A32D-4732-8783-F29C938EE776{D662A19C-A32D-4732-8783-F29C938EE776}2020-09-04T16:05:52Z"High school students work alongside foresters in the Manell-Geus Habitat Focus Area to plant trees in watersheds adjacent to sensitive coral reef habitat. Integrated monitoring indicated a disconnect between measured resource status and community percept...12.732335 -160.37145 22.3567 145.44916712.732335 -160.37145 22.3567 145.449167Novel watershed restoration techniques for the Mariana Islandsurn:uuid:{5E361629-2CE3-4F8E-AD1D-12097F3B05A9{5E361629-2CE3-4F8E-AD1D-12097F3B05A9}2024-03-12T20:41:18ZSouthern Guam reefs have been severely impacted by sedimentation. Much of this sedimentation is the result of denuded hillsides, where heavy rainfall events create massive erosion problems that send tons of soil onto fringing reef systems. Reforestation f...12.732335 142.0 21.0 146.012.732335 142.0 21.0 146.0Socioeconomic monitoring capacity needs assessment surveyurn:uuid:{D3D0A159-B619-4622-8EFA-B4EE96BF58B2{D3D0A159-B619-4622-8EFA-B4EE96BF58B2}2020-09-04T16:05:51Z"This report is a deliverable of the project, "Strengthening sustainable socioeconomic monitoring of reef-dependent communities in Micronesia (Guam and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands)," funded by the Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) of...5.223 134.111658 21.0 163.0795.223 134.111658 21.0 163.079Collaborative analysis of national and local survey data to support coral reef managementurn:uuid:{9D8EBD37-FC18-4069-8488-9AE5DB419AEA{9D8EBD37-FC18-4069-8488-9AE5DB419AEA}2024-03-12T21:02:39ZTo better understand ecosystem dynamics and relationships, particularly in the face of climate change, we aim to assess the status and trends of marine communities in response to multiple ocean warming events at scales useful for management. In order to b...12.732335 142.0 21.0 146.012.732335 142.0 21.0 146.0Socioeconomic Monitoring Guidelines for Coastal Managers in Pacific Island Countries (SEM-Pasifika) Training Workshop, September 28-October 2, 2015, Tumon, Guamurn:uuid:{37F05952-ACAA-4740-BBA5-76DF785185A7{37F05952-ACAA-4740-BBA5-76DF785185A7}2020-09-04T16:03:02Z"SEM-Pasifika is a set of socioeconomic monitoring (SEM) guidelines developed specifically for coastal managers in Pacific Island countries. Since its launch in 2008, several SEM-Pasifika trainings have been conducted throughout Micronesia. Assessments ha...5.223 134.111658 14.71 169.975.223 134.111658 14.71 169.97Measurement of Turbidity, Suspended Sediments and Nutrients in Three Rivers that Drain to the Achang Preserve from the Manell Watershed, Guamurn:uuid:{C77F622C-5F2B-4DA0-9165-E3DC0B4BE1FB{C77F622C-5F2B-4DA0-9165-E3DC0B4BE1FB}2023-03-07T19:53:49ZThe goal of this project, funded by NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program and requested by local partners, was to monitor water quality in three rivers that drain to the Achang Reef Flat Marine Preserve at the southern tip of Guam, in order to provide a ...12.732335 144.303426 14.2506179 145.44916712.732335 144.303426 14.2506179 145.449167Development and application of an integrated coral reef ecosystem model for management strategy evaluationurn:uuid:{61C77693-9B7F-4999-855B-09677729D5D9{61C77693-9B7F-4999-855B-09677729D5D9}2024-03-12T20:10:06ZNeed & Problems addressed: There is little question that declining integrity of coral reef ecosystems around Guam is eroding the ability of these systems to provide the goods and services that humans rely on. It is less clear what to do to reverse this tr...12.732335 144.303426 14.2506179 145.44916712.732335 144.303426 14.2506179 145.449167Strengthening Sustainable Socioeconomic Monitoring of Reef-Dependent Communities in Micronesia (Guam and Hawaii)urn:uuid:{8D84F5E5-FADA-43AB-946A-1714A2CA1824{8D84F5E5-FADA-43AB-946A-1714A2CA1824}2024-03-12T20:34:16ZThis is Year 3 of an existing CRCP-funded project under the same name. The activities in this proposal focus on Guam and Hawaii, and complement the socioeconomic monitoring aspect of a PIMPAC proposal that covers the Federated States of Micronesia, CNMI, ...-4.849 131.67 22.3567 -154.67095-4.849 131.67 22.3567 -154.67095Preliminary Results: Measurement of Turbidity and Nutrients in Three Rivers that Drain to the Achang Reef Flat Marine Preserve, Guamurn:uuid:{189DF0EF-3EB4-4B2C-9A04-B49A5A751675{189DF0EF-3EB4-4B2C-9A04-B49A5A751675}2021-12-03T24:08:24Z"With funding from NOAAs Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP), scientists from NOAAs National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science are conducting a project in southern Guam with local partners to monitor sediments and nutrients in the Ajayan, Liyog and Sum...12.732335 144.303426 14.2506179 145.44916712.732335 144.303426 14.2506179 145.449167Cocos Island Guam Passive Water Sampler Studyurn:uuid:{8F3CBCC2-9C11-4EB2-AB4F-864A7CE41D45{8F3CBCC2-9C11-4EB2-AB4F-864A7CE41D45}2024-03-12T20:42:34ZIn 2015, NCCOS scientists characterized chemical contaminants in fish tissues and sediments in Cocos Lagoon, Guam. Very low levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were detected in sediments. Fish caught around Cocos Island at the southern end of Cocos...12.732335 144.303426 14.2506179 145.44916712.732335 144.303426 14.2506179 145.449167Friends-of-Reef Guam (FOR-Guam) Community Coordination Programurn:uuid:{6273A3AB-D8A7-4BE8-9C17-E5570D3F06D9{6273A3AB-D8A7-4BE8-9C17-E5570D3F06D9}2024-03-12T20:08:28ZFOR-Guam supports local agencies by contributing to coral reef management through community engagement. Capacity will be built among local community members, through a citizen science approach using volunteers referred to as members of FOR-Guam. A key com...12.732335 144.303426 14.2506179 145.44916712.732335 144.303426 14.2506179 145.449167Measurement of sediment loading, turbidity and nutrients in two rivers that drain to the Achang Reef Flat Marine Preserve, Guamurn:uuid:{F2D994D0-8706-4595-8159-1B6CFAECD228{F2D994D0-8706-4595-8159-1B6CFAECD228}2023-03-03T19:53:25ZWorking closely with local partners, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is conducting a project in southern Guam to monitor sediments and nutrients in the Ajayan and Liyog rivers, which flow from the Manell watershed and empty into...12.732335 144.303426 14.2506179 145.44916712.732335 144.303426 14.2506179 145.449167