Biological Habitat Quality Indicators for Essential Fish Habitat Workshop Proceedings. Held in Charleston, South Carolina on July 14-15, 1997

摘要

A national workshop to address development of biological indicators for habitat quality in Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) was held July 14-15, 1997 in Charleston, South Carolina. The workshop was attended by biologists from the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Office of Habitat Conservation, NMFS Science Centers, the National Ocean Service (NOS) Strategic Environmental Assessment Division and the Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) Sea Grant Program. The meeting included presentations by researchers from universities and Federal and state agencies who are performing bioindicator research and development in aquatic environments. These included projects in several benthic and pelagic estuarine habitats on the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts, coastal embayments, benthic habitats on the continental shelf in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and rivers and open waters of the Great Lakes. In addition to ecological considerations, application of bioindicators to management needs, monitoring issues, and delineation of habitats into ecosystem units were addressed.