Executive Summary and Introduction (pdf, 107K)

Circulation and Exchange of Florida Bay and South Florida Coastal Waters (pdf, 1.4 MB)
Interdisciplinary Coastal Ocean Observations in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary with Real-time Data Links.

Water Quality, Seagrass, Coral Reef, and Episodic Event Monitoring

FKNMS Water Quality Monitoring Project (pdf, 117K)
Florida Bay Watch (pdf, 139K)
Florida Keys Watch (pdf, 121K)
Seagrass Monitoring (pdf, 891K)
U.S. EPA / FKNMS Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project (pdf, 383K)
Marine Ecosystem Event Response and Assessment (MEERA) Project (pdf, 47K)

Marine Zone Monitoring Program

Ecological Processes and Coral Reef Recovery in the Florida Keys (pdf, 133K)
Rapid Assessment and Monitoring of Coral Reef Habitats on the Florida Reef Tract, Summer 2002 (pdf, 1.9 MB)
Preliminary Analysis of FKNMS Reef Fish Monitoring Through 2002 (pdf, 216K)
Volunteer Reef Fish Monitoring in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary: 2002 Update Report (pdf, 114K)
Monitoring Caribbean Spiny Lobsters in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, 1997-2002 (pdf, 192K)
Queen Conch Monitoring (pdf, 245K)

Socioeconomic Research and Monitoring Program

Importance and Satisfaction Ratings, A Five-Year Comparison (1995-96 to 2000-01) (pdf, 155K)
Linking Ecological and Socioeconomic Monitoring Results, 1995-96 to 2000-01 (pdf, 46K)
Sanctuary Preservation Areas and Ecological Reserves: Monroe County Reef-using Residents' Opinions on "No-take" Zones (pdf, 63K)
SPAs and ERs: Baseline Estimates of Use, Importance-Satisfaction Ratings, Economic User Value, and Comparative Socioeconomic Profiles of Users And Non-users, 2000-01 (pdf, 131K)
Economic Valuation of Marine Reserves in the Florida Keys as Measured by Diver Attitudes and PrefeUses of Marine Reserves (pdf, 25K)
Socioeconomic Monitoring Program of Commercial Fishing Panels (pdf, 264K)

Partnership Projects with NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science

Assessing Coral Health in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Using a Molecular Biomarker System (pdf, 938K)
Scientific Evaluation of a Sediment Fill Technique for the Restoration of Motor Vessel Injuries in Seagrass Beds of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (pdf, 537K)
The Effect of Excavation Depth and Filling on Seagrass Recovery in Experimental Injuries in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (pdf, 496K)
Biogeographic Analysis of Tortugas Ecological Reserve: Examining the Refuge Effect Following Reserve Designation (pdf, 255K)

Diadema Restoration Projects

Diadema Restoration Project (pdf, 214K)
Techniques Development for the Reestablishment of the long-spined sea urchin, Diadema antillarum, on Two Small Patch Reefs in the Upper Florida Keys (pdf, 1.2 MB)
One-year Response of Florida Keys Patch Reef Communities to Translocation of Long-spined Sea Urchins (Diadema antillarum) (pdf, 1 MB)

Permitted Research Projects (pdf, 279K)