Project Information

Title: Monitoring in the Nearshore: A Process for Making Reasoned Decisions 030687

Project Year and Number: 2003: 030687

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 2010: 10100750, 2010: 10100750-A, 2007: 070750, 2005: 050750, 2004: 040687

Principal Investigator (PI): Jim Bodkin (US Geological Survey)

Managing Agency: USGS

Assisting Personnel: Tom Dean

Research Location: Gulf of Alaska

Restoration Category: Monitoring

Injured Resources Addressed: Not Specified

Abstract: Over the past several years, a conceptual framework for the GEM nearshore monitoring program has been developed through a series of workshops. However, details of the proposed monitoring program, e.g. what to sample, where to sample, when to sample and at how many sites, have yet to be determined. This project outlines a process whereby specific alternatives to monitoring are developed and presented to the Trustee Council for consideration. As part of this process, two key elements are required before reasoned decisions can be made: (a) a comprehensive historical perspective of locations and types of past studies conducted in the nearshore marine communities within the Gulf of Alaska, and (b) estimates of costs for each element of a proposed monitoring program. The project will develop a GIS database that details available information from past studies of selected nearshore habitats and species in the Gulf of Alaska and provide a visual means of selecting sites based (in part) on the locations for which historical data of interest are available. In addition, the project will identify what other data, if any, are required to select specific sampling locations. It will also provide cost estimates for specific monitoring plan alternatives and outline several alternative plans.


Proposal: View (956 KB)

Information and/or Products produced by this project:
Title Description Type Document(s)
Data and Metadata For ArcView 3.x Users: To view project, open 'ArcView' folder Open the GEM.apr All themes are cinnected to the .apr project, however the files can also be found in the 'Coverages' folder as well as the raw excel data Further instructions for basic ArcView functions are given in the 'ArcView' folder For non- ArcView users Download ArcExplorer from the esri website at www.esri.com Once that is completed, navigate to the 'ArcExplorer' folder and open the GEM project For questions on ArcExplorer use, conatct ESRI at the above mentioned website Folder Descriptions: AK_Base folder: conatins shapefiles for AK coastline ArcExplorer: GEM project for non ArcView users ArcView: GEM project for ArcView users Coverages: contains raw excel files for each resource as well as corresponding shapefiles Excel Metadata: the complete excel spreadsheet used to create this project Note: Three CD ROMs are mentioned in the database and should be noted for the user's further research. 1.Cook Inlet Keeper. 1998. Cook Inlet GIS Atlas with Annotated Bibliography and Watershed Directory. Cook Inlet Keeper, CD-ROM, Homer, Alaska. 2.Kachemak Bay Research Reserve and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Coastal Services Center. 2001. Kachemak Bay Ecological Characterization. CD-ROM. 3. NOAA/CSC/20017-CD. Charleston, SC: NOAA Coastal Services Center. GIS Data View (65,254 KB)

Reports:
Annual Report FY03: View (59 KB)
Final Report: See Project 040687

Publications from this Project: None Available