ResourceImplementation of the EU Habitats Directive offshore [electronic resource] : Natura 2000 sites for reefs and submerged sandbanks / [prepared by Sabine Christiansen and Sarah Jones].
Natura 2000 network is a network of the European Union for nature conservation, its selection process is a shared responsibility between EU Member States and the European Commission. It is designed to maintain or help maintain both the distribution and ab...
ResourceA national coral reef action strategy : report to Congress on implementation of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 and the National Action Plan to Conserve Coral Reefs in 2002-2003.
Provides an assessment of the major threats to coral reefs identified in The National Action Plan to Conserve Coral Reefs and of the needs in each region to help identify and prioritize key areas for management action.
ResourceAn environmental information synthesizer for expert systems [electronic resource] : a framework for use in near real-time detection of harmful algal blooms / James C. Hendee.
ResourceInternational trade in coral and coral reef species: the role of the United States : Report of the Trade Subgroup of the International Working Group to the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force / Trade Subgroup of the International Working Group to the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force
ResourceAn ocean blueprint for the 21st century [electronic resource] : final report / U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy.
A presentation of the Commission's final recommendations for myriad issues addressed by its proposed new, coordinated, comprehensive national ocean policy.
ResourceU.S. Ocean Action Plan [electronic resource] : the Bush Administration's response to the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy.
George W. Bush Administration's response to the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy's September 2004 report "An Ocean Blueprint for the 21st Century". Identifies immediate, short-term actions to provide direction for ocean policy, and outlines long-term actio...
ResourceSustainable Seas Expeditions [electronic resource] / National Geographic Society ; Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund ; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
"The Sustainable Seas Expeditions is a five-year project of underwater exploration and discovery of the marine world with special emphasis on the national marine sanctuaries of the United States. The expeditions are the brainchild of Dr. Sylvia Earle, sch...
ResourceSustainable Seas Expeditions. Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, August 15-August 29, 1999 / [U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Ocean Exploration].
"The 1999 Sustainable Seas Expeditions in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary provided scientists and resource managers with an opportunity to explore relatively unknown marine environments near the Dry Tortugas region where a proposed no-take rese...
ResourceNOAA Ocean Explorer. Islands in the Stream 2001, May 10 - October 4, 2001 [electronic resource] / [U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Ocean Exploration].
The Islands in the Stream expedition explored protected and unprotected deep water coral reefs and hard-bottom communities throughout the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic regions. Historically studied as isolated environments, scientists made discoveries...