On January 28-29, approximately 60 researchers, State and Federal regulators, and environmental managers met at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida, to discuss strategies for monitoring the environmental status of seagrass habitats and to determine the research needed to increase our knowledge of seagrass responses to anthropogenic stress. The workshop was sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The goals of the workshop were to provide technical guidance on monitoring requirements to the EPA's Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program-Estuaries and to assist in the development of a coastal wetlands research program at the EPA's Environmental Research Laboratory-Gulf Breeze. In addition, the workshop provided a forum for coordinating research and monitoring activities among government agencies, universities, and private organizations with interest and mandates in the protection of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) resources in the Gulf of Mexico.

"Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program"--Cover. "EPA 620-R-94-029." "December 1994." "National Biological Survey, Southern Science Center." "Project Officer, J. Kevin Summers." "U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EMAP-Estuaries." Distributed to depository libraries in microfiche. Includes bibliographical references.