Here, you will find a large range of useful methodological tools for monitoring MPAs. Among others, this directory gathers:
Monitoring protocols explaining the conditions and process of given monitoring programmes, scientific papers, monitoring reports, monitoring handbooks, general methodologies, compared analyses about monitoring methods, monitoring protocols in the form of video tutorials…
The tools are organised in 6 categories:
Habitat & species
Habitat mapping
Activities & impacts
Management effectiveness
Water quality & pollution
Climate changes
Habitats and species
- Rapid biodiversity assessment and monitoring method for highly diverse benthic communities: a case study of Mediterranean coralligenous outcrops
- Population surveys (ground and aerial) on nesting beaches
- PHANEROGAMES – Herbiers à posidonia oceanica
- Monitoring protocol posidonia oceanica beds
- Monitoring Mediterranean lesser crested tern
- Mission naturaliste, Archipel de Zembra. Suivi des populations d’oiseaux marins
- Manual para monitoeo cientifico del habitat de pastos marinos
- Manual for Scientific Monitoring of Seagrass Habitat
- Field manual for monitoring of posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows
- CARLIT methodology for the implementation of the WFD