Ecoregional Assessments

• Carolinian Marine Ecoregional Assessment (download .pdf, 21MB)
  
  
• Cook Inlet Ecoregional Assessment (download .pdf, 5.8MB)
  
  
• Marine/Estuarine Site Assessment for Florida: A Framework for Site Prioritization (download .pdf, 25MB)
  
• Pacific Equatorial Ecoregional Assessment (Web site)
  
  
• Pacific Northwest Assessment (Web site)
  
  
• Puget Trough Ecoregional Assessment (download .pdf, 23MB)
  

Planning Tool Websites

• Conservation by Design (Web site) (download .pdf, 3.3MB)
  
  
• Conservation Land-Use Zoning software (CLUZ) (Web site)
  
  
• Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) (Web site)
  
  
• Ecosystem-Based Management Tools Network (Web site)
  
  
• Geography of Hope (download .pdf, 2.3MB)
  
  
• The Nature Conservancy, Marine Ecoregional Assessments: This site lists all completed marine ecoregional assessments completed by TNC. (Web site)
  
  
• NOAA CSC Coastal Storms Program (Web site)
  
  
• NOAA CSC Community Vulnerability Assessment Tool (CVAT) (Web site)
  
  
• NOAA CSC Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Tool (RVAT) (Web site)
  
  
• NOAA NERRS (Web site)
  
  
• Protected Areas Network Design Application (PANDA) (Web site)
  
  
• University of Queensland: Ecology Centre (Web site)
  

Federal Agency Planning Websites

• National Marine Fisheries Service (Web site)
  
  
• Science for Ecosystem-based Management Initiative (SEMI) (Web site)
  

Scientific Publications on Planning

• Beck, M.W. 2003. The Sea Around: Conservation Planning in Marine Regions. Pages 319-344 in: Drafting a Conservation Blueprint: A Practioner's Guide to Planning Biodiversity. Craig Groves (editor). Island Press, Washington. (download .pdf, 13.2MB)
  
  
• Beck, M. W. and M. Odaya. 2001. Ecoregional planning in marine environments: identifying priority sites for conservation in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Aquatic Conservation 11:235-242. (download .pdf, 500K)
  
  
• Mathematical Methods for Identifying Representative Reserve Networks (download .pdf, 224k)
  

Scientific Publications on E-BM

• Airame, S. et al. 2003. Applying Ecological Criteria to Marine Reserve Design: A Case Study from the California Channel Islands. Ecological Applications. 13(1):170184. (Web site)
  
  
• Browman, H. et al. 2004. Perspectives on ecosystem-based approaches to the management of marine resources (Theme Section). Marine Ecological Progress Series. 274:269-303. (download .pdf, 248k)
  
  
• Browman, H. et al. 2005. Politics and socio-economics of ecosystem-based management of marine resources (Theme Section). 300:241-296. (download .pdf, 660k)
  
  
• Gleason et al. 2006. Assessing Gaps in Marine Conservation in California. (download .pdf, 1MB)
  
  
• Groves, C. et al. 2002. Planning for Biodiversity Conservation: Putting Conservation Science into Practice. Bioscience 52(6):499-512 (download .pdf, 16.8MB)
  
  
• Leslie, H. et al. 2003. Using Siting Algorithms in the Design of Marine Reserve Networks. Ecological Applications. 13(1):185198. (download .pdf, 468k)
  
  
• McLeod, K. L., J. Lubchenco, S. R. Palumbi, and A. A. Rosenberg. 2005. Scientific Consensus Statement on Marine Ecosystem-Based Management.Signed by 217 academic scientists and policy experts with relevant expertise and published by the Communication Partnership for Science and the Sea (Web site) (download .pdf, 1.2MB)
  
  
• E. K. Pikitch et. al. 2004. Ecosystem Based Fishery Management. Science. 305:346-347. (Web site)
  

Additional Planning Advice, Guidance and Tutorials

• Beck, M. W., Z. Ferdaña, K. Karr. 2003. Marine Ecoregional Planning Advice: This document summarizes key advice in marine ecoregional planning. (download .pdf, 844k)
  
  
• Ecosystem-based Management of the Bird's Head Seascape (download .pdf, 1MB)
  
  
• Ferdaña, Zach. 2004. Nearshore Marine Conservation Planning In The Pacific Northwest: Exploring The Use Of A Siting Algorithm For Representing Marine Biodiversity. Pages 1-39 in: Place Matters: Geospatial Tools, for Marine Science, Conservation, and Management in the Pacific Northwest. Wright, D.J. and Scholz, A.J. (eds). OSU Press, Oregon. (download .pdf, 1.7MB)
  
  
• Marxan Manual (download .pdf, 268k)
  
  
• The Nature Conservancy, Global Marine Initiative Fact Sheet: Overview (download .pdf, 156k )
  
  
• The Nature Conservancy, Global Marine Initiative Fact Sheet: Setting Priorities for Marine Conservation (download .pdf, 136k)
  
  
• The Nature Conservancy, Introduction to the Ecoregional Assessment and Biodiversity Vision Toolbox (Web site)
  
  
• The Nature Conservancy, Marine Ecosystem Based Management: Learning from Case Studies to Advance Decision Support. December 2006. (download .pdf, 312k)
  
  
• The Nature Conservancy: Marine Ecoregional Planning Guidance: This powerpoint details the TNC marine ecoregional planning process (PowerPoint) (download .ppt, 42MB)
  
  
• Ferdaña, Z., M.W. Beck., and D. Dorfman (editors). 2006. Improving Methods for Marine Regional Assessments: Examples from the Pacific Northwest. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA. (download .pdf, 11MB)
  
  
• Possingham, H. et al. 2006. Protected Areas: Goals, Limitations, and Design. Pages 509-533 in: Principles of Conservation Biology 3rd Edition. Groom, M., Meffe, G., and C. Carol (eds). Sinauer Associates, Inc. Sunderland, Massachussettes. (download .pdf, 1.6 MB)
  
  
• SLOSH (Sea, Lake and Overland Surges from Hurricanes) (Web site)
  
  
• Terrestrial, Freshwater and Nearshore Marine Target Selection, Standard 7: Select terrestrial, freshwater and marine conservation targets/biodiversity elements across multiple biological and spatial scales (download .doc, 56k)
  
  
• Terrestrial, Freshwater and Nearshore Marine Target Selection, Standard 11: Design ecoregional portfolios/biodiversity visions to best meet goals for all conservation targets/ biodiversity elements, using the principles of efficiency, representation, irreplaceability, and functionality. (download .doc, 56k)
  
  
• U.S. Census Bureau (Web site)
  
  

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