South Florida/Caribbean Network: Vital Signs Monitoring Plan
Patterson ME, Atkinson AJ, Witcher BD, Whelan KR, Miller WJ, Waara RJ, Patterson J , Rutternberg BI, Davis AD, Urgelles R, Shamblin RB. 2008. South Florida/Caribbean Network: Vital Signs Monitoring Plan. Natural Resource Report. NPS/SFCN/NRR—2008/063. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado. https://doi.org/10.36967/660634
To facilitate collaboration, information sharing, and economies of scale in inventory and monitoring, the NPS organized the more than 270 parks with significant natural resources into 32 ecoregional networks. The South Florida/Caribbean Inventory and Monitoring Network (SFCN) is composed of seven parks in South Florida and the U. S. Virgin Islands: Big Cypress National Preserve (BICY), Biscayne National Park (BISC), Buck Island Reef National Monument (BUIS), Dry Tortugas National Park (DRTO), Everglades National Park (EVER), Salt River Bay National Historical Site and Ecological Preserve (SARI), and Virgin Islands National Park (VIIS). The network monitoring program is designed to complement, not replace, existing park and other agency monitoring programs. Funding for the SFCN supports a core, professional staff who conduct the day-to-day activities of the network and who collaborate with staff from the seven parks and other programs and agencies to implement an integrated long-term program to monitor the highest-priority vital signs.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Patterson, Matt; Atkinson, Andrea; Witcher, Brian; Whelan, Kevin; Miller, W.; Waara, Rob; Patterson, Judd; Rutternberg, Ben; Davis, Andy; Urgelles, Raul; Shamblin, Robert
- Date of Issue
- 2008-09
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- DOI
- 10.36967/660634
- Units
- BICY , BISC , BUIS , DRTO , EVER , VIIS
- Keywords
- Big Cypress, Biscayne, Buck Island, Caribbean, Dry Tortugas, everglades, Monitoring, Salt River, South Florida, Virgin Islands, Vital Signs Monitoring Plan
- License
- Public Domain