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The National Marine Sanctuary Program
PaCOOS BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETING
Updates and Developments
National Marine Sanctuaries in the California Current
Robert Pavia
National Marine Sanctuary Program
Seattle, Washington
[email protected]
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CCLME National Marine Sanctuaries
Olympic Coast
3310 mi2
Cordell Bank
526 mi2
Gulf of the
Farallones
1255 mi2
Monterey Bay
5328 mi2
Channel Islands
1658 mi2
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12077 mi
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Program Elements
ResearchResource
Education
Protection
Resource
Protection
Monitoring
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Update and Developments
1. Update on Observing System Components
2. Inventorying Observations in 5 Sanctuaries
3. Linking Observations to Management
4. Information Portal - SIMoN
5. Progressing to Integrated Ecosystem
Assessments
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West Coast Observing
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West Coast Observing-What’s New
NMSP Research Vessels with Real-Time Obs
– Automatic hourly data transmission to NOAA
– Continuous data stream stored on-board
– SEAKEEPER System Parameters: CT, 02, pH,
SST, Wind, Air Temp, Humidity, Pressure
New R/V Fulmar
– Delivered August 2006
– Central and Northern California
– Obs. operational now
R/V Shearwater
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Retrofit Jan. 2007
Southern California
Obs. operational any
day now!
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West Coast Observing-What’s New
Cordell Bank Oceanographic Buoy
Deployed May 8, 2007
– Partnership with Bodega Lab
– WatchKeeper buoy hull
– Conductivity, Temperature
(Sea-Bird Elect. 37SIP)
– Fluorescence, turbidity
(Wetlabs FLNTUS)
– Currents (Nortek Aquadopp
400 kHz ADCP)
– Winds (R.M. Young 5103)
http://www.bml.ucdavis.edu/boon/cbb.html
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NDBC Buoy #46095
Inventory of Observations
Number of Projects by Sanctuary
Sanctuary
OC
CB
GF
MB
CI
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10
20
30
40
50
60
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Number of Projects
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Inventory of Observations
Barometric pres
Sidescan
Wav e direction
PAR
LiDAR
Multibeam
Adult inv erts
Transmittance
Adult f ish
Currents (ADCP)
Aerial/sat photos
Marine mammals
Density
Seabirds
Wind
OTHER - bio
Dissolv ed O2
Chlorophy ll
Fluorescence
Nutrients
Phy toplankton
Juv enile inv erts
Zooplankton
Habitat ty pe
Juv enile f ish
Ichthy oplankton
Weather
Water temp
Air temp
OTHER - phy sical
Salinity
Depth
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Inventory of Observations
Observatory
Characterization
Mgmt. Action
West Coast
Observatory
Physical
oceanography
MPAs
CI-CORE
Seafloor
bathymetry &
habitat
CIMT
Plankton
PISCO
CSCAPE
BeachCOMBERS
Invasive
species
Ecosystem
monitoring &
assessment
Benthic
invertebrates
HABs
Fishes
Oil Spill
Birds &
mammals
Entanglement
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Information Portal - SIMoN
-Gathers, inventories, and
updates monitoring
information.
-Stores summary data of
monitoring projects.
-Does not store project
data.
-Provides information to
managers, researchers,
and the public.
www.mbnms-simon.org
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Observing Collaborations
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Integrated Ecosystem Assessments
Re s ource
Sanctuary
Cate gory Characte rizati (M anage m e ntSpe cific Topics /Que s tions Data Ne e ds
on
Plan Se ction)
NM S Now Se rve d
NM S Not Ye t Se rve d
Phys ical Oceanographic CB (RE-1,8);
Habitat
Habitat and
GF (WQ,FAProcesses
1); CI (CS.3);
OC
West Coast Obs(1);
CIMT(3); Fulmar(4);
OBIS-SEAMAP*(55);
CoastWatch*(64);
MBARI Moorings(6) & cruise NMFS shipboard
LME &
data(11); HF Radar(8); CDIP/ surveys(60);
Sanctuary
Wave Rider buoys(14);
CalCOFI(65); CalCOFI
NEOCO(16); CBOMP(19);
line 67(66); NOAA
TOPP(22); SCCWRP(26);
National Buoy Data
SEAS(28); Plumes and
Center(68); PacOOS
Blooms, ASOS; BML-COS(58); NorCal Survey; datasets
CoastWatch; ORHAB;
hosted by ERD LAS
USGS Stream Gauge
Sanctuary &
Netw ork(5); HF Radar(8);
SubLOBO(12); CDIP/ Wave Rider
Sanctuary
buoys(14); NEOCO(16);
CCLEAN(31); ES/SF NERR
monitoring(32); SC Co
EHS(33); CCoWS(34); coastal
LiDAR collection(45); REALMISO(57); CI-CORE(75)
Improved characterization of
oceanographic and
atmospheric conditions
including spatial and temporal
patterns
Coastal Habitat MB (HDD-3,4; Improved understanding of
and Processes BSP-2); GF
nearshore circulation
(WQ); OC
patterns. Monitor coastal and
estuarine erosion and
sediment transport
Wetlands
MB (WQPP22)
Subtidal
MB (SC, BSP,
Benthic Habitat BH); CB (RE3); GF (FA-1);
CI (CS.3); OC
Wate r
Quality
w ind speed and direction,
current direction and speed,
air and w ater temperature,
density, salinity, upw elling,
nutrients, dO2, PAR
nearshore current meters,
West Coast Obs
satellite images; current
[OC&CI only](1);
meters in coastal streams andCIMT(3);
estuaries; erosion rates;
turbidity; currents; sediment
transport; salinity
Wetlands: intentory and
map of existing coastal
assessment
w etlands
Improved characterization of high resolution maps of
benthic habitat. Improved
benthos delineating depth,
understanding of spatial
substrate type, relief , rugosity,
distribution of habitats.
etc.
Sediment and MB (WQPP-9); Develop integrated w ater
total suspended sediment/
Nutrients Loads GF (WQ-2,5); quality monitoring f or
turbidity, nutrients,
CI (WQ.1)
estuarine and nearshore
chlorophyll/ phytoplankton;
w aters. Assess levels of landbased discharges and
impacts on Sanctuary
resources.
Pathogens/
Biological
Contaminants
MB (BC-2); GF Monitoring of pathogens and bacteria, viruses, HABs
(WQ); CI
biological contaminant loads.
(WQ.1); OC
Othe r M onitoring
Datas e ts
Ge ographic
Scale
coastal LiDAR collection(45)
Habitat
CSUMB-SFML(17); OCNMS
Habitat mapping(18);
MBARI(20); EFH maps(21); El
Nino coastal erosion study(27);
CenCA Hab
Characterization(37);
USGS
Stream Gauge
Netw ork(5); LOBO(12);
NEOCO(16); SCCWRP(26);
CCAPM(30); CCLEAN(31);
ES/SF NERR monitoring(32),
SC Co EHS(33); CCoWS(34);
Plumes and Blooms(38); f irst
f lush; USGS-SFBay/Delta;
SFEI; Santa Barbara
Channelkeeper; snapshot day
Sanctuary
NPDES(24); SCCWRP(26);
CCLEAN(31); SFEI(86);
Mussel Watch(88); Santa
Barbara Channelkeeper(93);
snapshot day(100)
Sanctuary &
Habitat
SubSanctuary &
Habitat
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Integrated Ecosystem Assessments
-SWiM Condition
Reports for all 5
sanctuaries
- Observing data
link to an IEA
framework
-Sentinel sites for
observing and
assessment in the
California Current
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