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THE NATIONAL COASTAL ASSESSMENT: PARTNERSHIP FOR SUCCESS COASTAL ZONE SYMPOSIUM, CLEVELAND, OH JULY 15-19, 2001
Citation:
Summers, J K. THE NATIONAL COASTAL ASSESSMENT: PARTNERSHIP FOR SUCCESS COASTAL ZONE SYMPOSIUM, CLEVELAND, OH JULY 15-19, 2001. Presented at Coastal Zone Symposium, Cleveland, OH, July 15-19, 2001.
Description:
Partnering for Success (Abstract). Presented at Coastal Zone 01: Hands Across the Water - Linking Land, Lake, and Sea, 15-19 July 2001, Cleveland, OH. 1 p. (ERL,GB R843).
The National Coastal Assessment (Coastal 2000) is a coastal monitoring survey that responds to the needs for information on the condition and integrity of coastal ecosystems that responds to the needs for information on the condition and integrity of coastal ecosystems to inform decisions to protect these vital coastal resources. The objectives of Coastal 2000 are : (1) to create an integrated comprehensive coastal monitoring program across the United States (including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico) to assess the condition of estuarine and coastal waters at the National, State, and Tribal scales; and (2) to complete this objective with as little
modification to existing state programs as feasible. Significant effort is required to initiate a multi-state coordinated and comprehensive monitoring survey that has multiple objectives and spans several spatial scales (estuary, state, region, and national). The process required to organize and execute this type of multi-state survey is described in detail. In 2000-2001, all 24 coastal states in the United States and Puerto Rico are sampling to estimate the condition of their estuarine resources using a probabilistic sampling design based on a minimum of 50 sampling sites. At all selected sampling sites, measurements will be focused on ecological
and biological response variables with sufficient environmental stressor and habitat information to enable interpretation of these response variables.