Science-based Restoration Monitoring of Coastal Habitats: A framework for monitoring plans under the Estuaries and Clean Waters Act of 2000 (Public Law 160-457)

Download or read book Science-based Restoration Monitoring of Coastal Habitats: A framework for monitoring plans under the Estuaries and Clean Waters Act of 2000 (Public Law 160-457) written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guidance manual ... provides technical assistance, outlines necessary steps, and provides useful tools for the development and implementation of sound scientific monitoring of coastal restoration efforts ... [and] offers a means to detect early warnings that the restoration is on track or not, to gauge how well a restoration site is functioning, to coordinate projects and efforts for consistent and successful restoration, and to evaluate the ecological health of specific coastal habitats both before and after project completion.