Download or read book Conservation Science in Noaa?s National Marine Sanctuaries written by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Sanctuary Program and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-01-31 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report describes cases relating to the management of national marine sanctuaries in which certain scientific information was required so managers could make decisions that effectively protected trust resources. The cases presented represent only a fraction of difficult issues that marine sanctuary managers deal with daily. They include, among others, problems related to wildlife disturbance, vessel routing, marine reserve placement, watershed management, oil spill response, and habitat restoration. Scientific approaches to address these problems vary significantly, and include literature surveys, data mining, field studies (monitoring, mapping, observations, and measurement), geospatial and biogeographic analysis, and modeling.