Gulf of Mexico Monitoring Forum

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Workgroup Presentations
Forum Presentations
Report Card Presentations

2nd Annual Monitoring Forum

April 7-8, 2009
New Orleans, LA

Action Plan 1 Status of Actions (pdf, 753kb)

Workgroup Presentations

1. Harmful Algal Blooms: Public Health –Environmental Monitoring Connection- Andrew Reich (pdf, 3.0mb)

2. South Florida Mercury Science Program: Lessons Learned - Darren Rumbold (pdf, 4.7mb)

3. Coordination in Gulf Water Quality Monitoring: Strategies for Improving Monitoring Information Sharing - Ellen McCarron (pdf, 302kb)

4. An overview of coastal microbial water quality monitoring and source tracking programs by NOAA AOML - Chris Sinigalliano (pdf, 1.7mb)

Forum Presentations

1. Environmental report cards: a framework for integrating and communicating monitoring data to support ecosystem management - Tim Carruthers (pdf, 4.1mb)

2. COAST: Coastal Online Assessment and Synthesis Tool - Richard Brown (pdf, 1.5mb)

3. EPA National Coastal Assessment - Virginia Engle (pdf, 1.8mb)

Report Card Presentations

Instructions (pdf, 131kb)

HABS Workgroup (pdf, 63kb)

Mercury Workgroup (pdf, 126b)

Nutrients Workgroup (pdf, 96kb)

Pathogens Workgroup (pdf, 193kb)

The Challenge of Communicating Monitoring Results to Effect Change- Shawn Carter (pdf, 953kb)

An eye-opening approach to developing and communicating integrated environmental assessments- William Dennison (pdf, 3.4mb)

Environmental problem solving in coastal ecosystems: A paradigm shift to sustainability- William Dennison (pdf, 1.9mb)

Environmental report cards:A tool for better management, monitoring and research- William Dennison (pdf, 2.4mb)

A Closer Look at Environmental Indicators, Habitat Thresholds, and Report Card Frameworks- Tim Carruthers (pdf, 4.3mb)

Rock Creek Park: Natural Resource Condition Assessment (pdf, 5.0mb)

Development and evaluation of a spatially-explicit index of Chesapeake Bay health (pdf, 786kb)