ED44A:
Ecology, Oceanography, and Proximity: Taking the First Steps Toward Evaluating MPA Objectives Posters


Session ID#: 28692

Session Description:
Ecological monitoring in marine protected areas (MPAs) is occurring throughout the world. Despite differing objectives among protected areas, these ecological monitoring data are critical for the evaluation of efficacy and can affect management decisions in the near- and short-term. Further, incorporating local and larger-scale oceanographic data sets into ecological assessments could have profound impacts when evaluating protection. Many protected area networks are reaching critical benchmarks of evaluation and would benefit from sharing valuable approaches to ecological analyses and syntheses. Often times these networks are not arranged in isolation but are adjacent to other networks with potentially different objectives. Data sets from proximate areas can be advantageous to evaluation among neighboring networks. This session seeks examples of the application of environmental and ecological monitoring data sets to: (a) inform evaluations of MPA performance, (b) integrate data sets across adjoining (or nearby) MPA networks, and (c) the application of oceanographic data and how larger-scale changes may affect protected areas, or how protected areas may buffer against these changes.
Primary Chair:  Ashley Knight, Oregon State University, Marine Studies Initiative, Corvallis, OR, United States
Co-Chair:  Lindsay Aylesworth, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marine Reserves Program, Newport, OR, United States
Moderators:  Ashley Knight, Oregon State University, Marine Studies Initiative, Corvallis, OR, United States and Lindsay Aylesworth, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marine Reserves Program, Newport, OR, United States
Student Paper Review Liaison:  Ashley Knight, Oregon State University, Marine Studies Initiative, Corvallis, OR, United States
Index Terms:

6309 Decision making under uncertainty [POLICY SCIENCES]
6324 Legislation and regulations [POLICY SCIENCES]
6329 Project evaluation [POLICY SCIENCES]
6334 Regional planning [POLICY SCIENCES]
Cross-Topics:
  • EP - Ecology and Physical Interactions
  • F - Fisheries
  • ME - Marine Ecosystems

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

ASSESSING POPULATION STRUCTURE OF FISHERIES SPECIES AROUND THE ARABIAN PENISULA (213890)
Sara Nadine Wilson1, Daniele D'Agostino2, David A Feary2 and Michael L Berumen3, (1)King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (2)University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, (3)King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Red Sea Research Center, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Next level Marine Protected Area data - incorporating verified restrictions, standardized protection types, and MPA sub-area attributes with boundaries in a comprehensive MPA and fisheries managed area dataset.  (317469)
Virgil Zetterlind1, Jennifer Anne Sletten1, Mordechai Treiger1, Alex Drieger1, Timothe Vincent1 and Mimi D'Iorio2, (1)ProtectedSeas, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (2)NOAA, Monterey, CA, United States

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