Sanctuary Science Report 2002 - 2003: An Ecosystem Report Card After Five Years of Marine Zoning
This report examines the health of the entire sanctuary five years after its marine zone system was created. It incorporates the results of the sanctuary’s Marine Zone Monitoring Program with the monitoring projects of the Water Quality Protection Program and other research projects to provide an overview of the health of the whole sanctuary ecosystem.
2003 Science Report (Entire Document) (pdf, 11 MB)
Preface (pdf, 172 kb)
Executive Summary and Introduction (pdf, 107 kb)
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, 117 kb)
- Florida Bay Watch (pdf, 139 kb)
- Florida Keys Watch (pdf, 121 kb)
- Seagrass Monitoring (pdf, 891 kb)
- U.S. EPA/FKNMS Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project (pdf, 383 kb)
- Marine Ecosystem Event Response and Assessment (MEERA) Project (pdf, 47 kb)
Marine Zone Monitoring Program
- Ecological Processes and Coral Reef Recovery in the Florida Keys (pdf, 208 kb)
- 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, 216 kb)
- Volunteer Reef Fish Monitoring in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary: 2002 Update Report (pdf, 114 kb)
- Monitoring Caribbean Spiny Lobsters in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, 1997-2002 (pdf, 192 kb)
- Queen Conch Monitoring (pdf, 245 kb)
Socioeconomic Research and Monitoring Program
- Importance and Satisfaction Ratings, A Five-Year Comparison (1995-96 to 2000-01) (pdf, 155 kb)
- Linking Ecological and Socioeconomic Monitoring Results, 1995-96 to 2000-01 (pdf, 46 kb)
- Sanctuary Preservation Areas and Ecological Reserves: Monroe County Reef-using Residents' Opinions on "No-take" Zones (pdf, 63 kb)
- 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, 131 kb)
- Economic Valuation of Marine Reserves in the Florida Keys as Measured by Diver Attitudes and Prefered Uses of Marine Reserves (pdf, 25 kb)
- Socioeconomic Monitoring Program of Commercial Fishing Panels (pdf, 264 kb)
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, 214 kb)
- 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, 279 kb)