Program Info

Website
https://www.nps.gov/im/sfcn/marine-systems.htm
Region(s)
SE
Summary
The primary objective of the SFCN seagrass protocol is to monitor trends in seagrass cover, community composition and the presence of invasive exotic species within mapped seagrass habitat in network parks.
Parameters
Braun-Blanquet seagrass density, composition, epiphytic load and biomass by species
Notes
Program is planned to start in 2021
Application
Publications
Reports
Start
2021
End
Current
Frequency
Annual
Method
Discontinuity
Data Location
Public datasets are coming within a year of data collection and will be shared on NPS Data Store: https://irma.nps.gov/Datastore/
Data Format

Habitats
Submerged Aquatic Vegetation
SEACAR Citation
Alternative Citation

indicates priority attributes

Program Extent

Export Standardized Data

Habitat(s) : Indicator(s) Last Updated File Download

Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection Managed Areas

Indicators

Indicator
Submerged Aquatic Vegetation - Percent Cover (by species)

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