NEW MONITORING PLAN ILLUSTRATES:
THERE’S MORE BENEATH THE SURFACE

 
Floating 100 feet above craggy underwater pinnacles, a video lander is dropped overboard into the ocean’s abyss with a splash. Bubbles and whitewash give way to bright blue-green colored water that gradually darkens as the video camera sinks. On the ocean floor, fish schools come into focus giving researchers a glimpse into this underwater world. Video landers are just one of the research tools scientists are using to study Oregon’s marine reserves, as described in ODFW’s newly released Marine Reserves Ecological Monitoring Plan. 

The Monitoring Plan is a user-friendly document, illustrating the ecological monitoring efforts being used to study Oregon's five marine reserves. This Plan builds on and adapts ODFW’s monitoring efforts, based on what we have learned over the last 5+ years of marine reserves monitoring. You’ll find illustrations of the monitoring tools being used by ODFW and highlights of our research collaborations with partners that expand ODFW’s efforts. Additionally, you’ll find individual monitoring plans for each of the five marine reserves describing what makes each site unique. Those unique features influence which sampling tools and sampling intervals are best used for the long-term monitoring of the marine communities at each site.

For a copy of the Plan, click on the photo above, or visit our Blog. We hope you’ll dive in to the new Ecological Monitoring Plan, and discover there’s more beneath the surface.

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