If you are interested in submitting a manuscript for consideration to the NMSP Conservation Series please contact Kathy Broughton for guidance materials.
To date, the following reports have been published in the Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series:
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Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
Science Review of Artificial Reefs
(ONMS-12-05)
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Examining the Conservation Level of
Marine Management Areas within the
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary:
How Protected is the Sanctuary?
(ONMS-12-04)
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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function of
Shallow Bank Systems within
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS)
(ONMS-12-03)
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Knowledge, Attitudes and Perceptions of
Management Strategies and Regulations of
the Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary
by Users and Non-users of the Sanctuary
(ONMS-12-01)
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Technical Appendix: Knowledge, Attitudes and
Perceptions of Management Strategies and
Regulations of the Gray's Reef National Marine
Sanctuary by Users and Non-users of the
Sanctuary
(ONMS-12-02)
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Facilitating Research in
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary:
Summary of the 2010 Workshop to Inform the
Ecosystem-based Management Initiative
(ONMS-11-06)
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Climate Impacts to the Nearshore Marine
Environment and Coastal Communities:
American Samoa and
Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary
(ONMS-11-05)
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Climate Change Impacts: Gulf of the Farallones
and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries
(ONMS-11-04)
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Fish and Habitat Community Assessments
on North Carolina Shipwrecks:
Potential sites for detecting climate change
in the Graveyard of the Atlantic
(ONMS-11-03)
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Coastal Ocean Mammal and Bird Education and
Research Surveys (BeachCOMBERS), 1997-2007:
Ten years of monitoring beached marine birds and
mammals in the Monterey Bay National Marine
Sanctuary
(ONMS-11-02)
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Reducing the Threat of Ship Strikes on Large
Cetaceans in the Santa Barbara Channel Region and
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary:
Recommendations and Case Studies
(ONMS-11-01)
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Dynamics of Hard Substratum Communities Inside and Outside of a Fisheries Habitat Closed Area in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (Gulf of Maine, NW Atlantic)
(ONMS-10-05)
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Stellwagen Bank Marine Historical Ecology
Final Report
(ONMS-10-04)
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Variation in Planning-Unit Size and
Patterns of Fish Diversity: Implications
for Design of Marine Protected Areas
(ONMS-10-03)
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Examples of Ecosystem-Based Management
in National Marine Sanctuaries: Moving
from Theory to Practice
(ONMS-10-02)
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The Application Of Observing System Data In
California Current Ecosystem Assessments
(ONMS-10-01)
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Reconciling Ecosystem-Based Management and
Focal Resource Conservation in the
Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
(ONMS-09-04)
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Caribbean Connectivity: Implications for Marine Protected Area Management
(ONMS-08-07)
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Knowledge, Attitudes and Perceptions of
Management Strategies and Regulations of
FKNMS by
Commercial Fishers, Dive Operators, and
Environmental Group Members: A Baseline
Characterization and 10-year Comparison
(ONMS-08-06)
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Conservation Science in NOAA's National Marine Sanctuaries: Description and Recent Accomplishments (ONMS-06-04)
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Developing Alternatives for Optimal Representation of Seafloor Habitats and Associated Communities in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (ONMS-06-02)
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2002 - 03 Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Science Report: An Ecosystem Report Card After Five Years of Marine Zoning (NMSP-06-12)
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Channel Islands Deep Water Monitoring Plan Development Workshop Report (ONMS-05-05)
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Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Area to be Avoided Education and Monitoring Program (MSD-00-1)
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A Review of Marine Zones in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary(MSD-01-2)
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A Review of the Ecological Effectiveness of Subtidal Marine Reserves in Central California (MSD-04-2, MSD-04-3)
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Noise Levels and Sources in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary and the St. Lawrence River Estuary (MSD-05-1)
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The Impacts of Coastal Protection Structures in California's Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MSD-05-3)
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The Economic Contribution of Whalewatching to Regional Economies: Perspectives From Two National Marine Sanctuaries (MSD-00-2)
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Multi-species and Multi-interest Management: an Ecosystem Approach to Market Squid (Loligo opalescens) Harvest in California (MSD-99-1)
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A Comparison of Seafloor Habitats and
Associated Benthic Fauna in Areas Open and
Closed to Bottom Trawling Along the Central
California Continental Shelf
(ONMS-09-02)
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Grounding Events: Response and Restoration |
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Lagniappe II
Coral Reef Restoration Monitoring Report
Monitoring Events 2002 to 2010
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Monroe County, Florida
(ONMS-11-07)
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N-Control
Seagrass Restoration Monitoring Report
Monitoring Events 2003-2008
Florida Keys National Marine SanMonroe County, Florida
(ONMS-10-06)
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Preliminary Comparison of Natural Versus
Model-Predicted Recovery of
Vessel-Generated Seagrass Injuries in
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
(ONMS-09-03)
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M/V ELPIS
Coral Reef Restoration Monitoring Report
Monitoring Events 2004-2007
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Monroe County, Florida
(NMSP-08-03)
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M/V ALEC OWEN MAITLAND Coral Reef Restoration Monitoring Report Monitoring Events 2004-2007 Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Monroe County, Florida (NMSP-08-01)
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M/V WELLWOOD Coral Reef Restoration Monitoring Report Monitoring Events 2004-2006 Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Monroe County, Florida (NMSP-07-02)
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M/V CONNECTED Coral Reef Restoration Monitoring Report Monitoring Events 2004-2005 Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Monroe County, Florida (NMSP-06-10)
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M/V JACQUELYN L Coral Reef Restoration Monitoring Report Monitoring Events 2004-2005 Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Monroe County, Florida (NMSP-06-09)
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M/V WAVE WALKER Coral Reef Restoration Baseline Monitoring Report - 2004 Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Monroe County, Florida (NMSP-06-08)
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Pre-Construction Coral Survey of the M/V Wellwood Grounding Site(MSD-03-1)
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Automated, Objective Texture Segmentation of Multibeam Echosounder Data - Seafloor Survey and Substrate Maps from James Island to Ozette Lake, Washington Outer Coast (NMSP-07-05)
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Survey report of NOAA Ship McArthur II cruises AR-04-04, AR-05-05 and AR-06-03: Habitat classification of side scan sonar imagery in support of deep-sea coral/sponge explorations at the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (NMSP-07-01)
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Habitat Mapping Effort at the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary - Current Status and Future Needs (NMSP-06-11)
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Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Habitat Mapping: Survey report and classification of side scan sonar data from surveys HMPR-114-2004-02 and HMPR-116-2005-01 (NMSP-06-07)
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Normalization and Characterization of Multibeam Backscatter: Koitlah Point to Point of the Arches, Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (ONMS-06-03)
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Benthic Habitat Mapping in the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (ONMS-06-01)
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Comments on Hydrographic and Topographic LIDAR Acquisition and Merging with Multibeam Sounding Data Acquired in the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (ONMS-06-05)
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A Bioregional Classification of the Continental Shelf of Northeastern North America for Conservation Analysis and Planning Based on Representation (NMSP-07-03)
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Biogeographic Analysis of the Tortugas Ecological Reserve(MSD-04-1)
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Distribution and Sighting Frequency of Reef Fishes in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary(MSD-01-1)
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First Biennial Ocean Climate Summit:
Finding Solutions for San Francisco Bay Area's
Coast and Ocean
(ONMS-08-05)
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A Scientific Forum on the Gulf of Mexico:
The Islands in the Stream Concept
(NMSP-08-04)
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Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary: Proceedings of the 1998 Research Workshop, Seattle, Washington(MSD-01-04)
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Workshop on Marine Mammal Research & Monitoring in the National Marine Sanctuaries(MSD-01-03)
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CONNECTIVITY Science, People and Policy in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
(NMSP-08-02)
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Chemical Contaminants, Pathogen Exposure and General Health Status of Live and Beach-Cast Washington Sea Otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni)
(ONMS-09-01)
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Davidson Seamount Taxonomic Guide
(ONMS-08-08)
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Observations of Deep Coral and Sponge Assemblages in Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, Washington (NMSP-07-04)
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A Pilot Study of Hogfish (Lachnolaimus maximus Walbaum 1792) Movement in the Conch Reef Research Only Area (Northern Florida Keys) (NMSP-06-06)
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Movement of yellowtail snapper and black grouper in the northern Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary as determined by acoustic telemetry (MSD-05-4)
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An annotated bibliography of diet studies of fish of the southeast United States and Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary (MSD-05-2)
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Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary: A Rapid Assessment of Coral, Fish, and Algae Using the AGRRA Protocol (MSD-00-3)
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