Monitoring Reports and Guidance for Oceans, Coasts and Estuaries

National Coastal and Estuary Condition Reports

• National Estuary Program Coastal Condition Report - NEPCCR released June 2007

• National Coastal Condition Report released January 2005
  The National Coastal Condition Reports describe the ecological and environmental conditions in U.S. coastal waters.

• National Coastal Condition Report released January 2001
  The National Coastal Condition Reports describe the ecological and environmental conditions in U.S. coastal waters.

National Estuary Program

• Indicator Development for Estuaries

• Volunteer Estuary Monitoring - a Methods Manual

• Monitoring Guidance for the National Estuary Program

Coral Reefs

• Development of Biological Criteria for Coral Reef Ecosystem Assessment

• Charting a Course Toward Diagnostic Monitoring of Coral Reefs
  This paper continues the review of coral reef attributes and presents a research strategy for creating coral reef indexes of biotic integrity (IBI’s) that, once developed, can be used in coral reef biocriteria programs around the world.

Cruise Ship Discharges

• Cruise Ship Plume Tracking Survey Plan, July 2001 (PDF) (17 pp, 206KB, about PDF)

• Cruise Ship Discharge Assessment

Ocean Dumping and Dredged Material Management

• Green Book- Evaluation of Dredged Material Proposed for Ocean Disposal

• Inland Testing Manual: Evaluation of Dredged Material Proposed for Discharge in Waters of the U.S. - Testing Manual

• Evaluating Environmental Effects of Dredged Material Management Alternatives (PDF) (95 pp, 828KB, about PDF)

Marine Debris Abatement

• Assessing and Monitoring Floatable Debris (PDF) (57 pp, 2.7MB, about PDF)

Vessel Sewage

• No Discharge Zone Evaluation Report

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