Marine and water quality monitoring plan for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Houk P and Starmer JA. 2004. Marine and water quality monitoring plan for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Division of Environmental Quality and Coastal Resources Management Office. Saipan, CNMI
The overall objective is to minimize the adverse effects of development and daily use of our islands’ resources on the marine environment. Activities are focused on the characterization of nearshore marine habitats and documentation of their spatial distribution. This effort will serve as a reference to detect change over time in benthic communities, and their spatial distributions. Regular monitoring can result in early detection of problems and provide guidance for which management measures work and which do not. Once a problem is detected, the CNMI government can insure action steps are taken early to remedy the problem.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Houk, Peter; Starmer, John
- Date of Issue
- 2004-10
- Publisher
- Division of Environmental Quality and Coastal Resources Management Office
- Units
- AMME , PACN
- Keywords
- Aquatic Sciences, benthic sampling, Marine sciences, Saipan, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Water Quality