CMECS_session_ES.pdf (639.86 kB)
Developing benthic monitoring protocols for offshore renewable energy impacts
Invited talk given at 2011 CERF meeting in Daytona Beach, FL in session about applications of NOAA's Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard. The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) now requires habitat data to be reported for leasing/permitting using CMECS terminology.