Assessment and monitoring of marine debris in Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary
The primary objective of this study was to select, mark, and perform initial marine debris surveys at permanent monitoring sites within GRNMS to quantify long-term trends in types, abundance, impacts, and accumulation rates of debris. Ledge sites were sel...
Monitoring Hawaii's marine protected areas examining spatial and temporal trends using a seascape approach
Hawaii's coastal marine resources have declined dramatically over the past 100 years due to multiple anthropogenic stressors including overfishing, coastal development, pollution, overuse, invasive species and climate change. It is now becoming evident th...
Impacts of climate change on World Heritage coral reefs : a first global scientific assessment
Since 1972, the UNESCO World Heritage Convention has united the world around a shared responsibility to protect natural and cultural places of Outstanding Universal Value (OUV). The World Heritage List includes 29 natural, marine properties that contain c...
A cooperative multi-agency reef fish monitoring protocol for the Florida Keys coral reef ecosystem
This document provides the background behind and descriptions of the protocols developed for a collaborative, multi-agency effort to monitor reef fish populations in the Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas. Agencies involved include the National Oceanic and Atm...