Publication Date:
2021-06-26
Description:
Management programs that address scarringof seagrasses should be based on an approach thatinvolves (1) education, (2) channel marking,(3) increased enforcement, and (4) limited-motoringzones. Aerial monitoring and photography ofthe managed area are essential in evaluating theeffectiveness of a program. Management programsthat use this multifaceted approach have beeninstituted by a few local governments and at severalstate parks. Initial results of the programsindicate that in some areas seagrass scarring hasbeen reduced but that in other areas emphasis mayneed to be increased on one or more of the componentsof the four-point approach. A statewidemanagement plan is needed to address the mostegregious scarring over large areas that may bedifficult to regulate at the local-government level.
Description:
Sargent, F.J., T.J. Leary, D.W. Crewz, and C.R. Kruer. 1995. Scarring of Florida’s seagrasses:
assessment and management options. FMRI Tech. Rep. TR-1. Florida Marine Research
Institute, St. Petersburg, Florida. 37 p. plus appendices.
Keywords:
Conservation
;
Ecology
;
Oceanography
;
seagrasses
;
Florida
;
management
Repository Name:
AquaDocs
Type:
monograph
Format:
application/pdf
Format:
application/pdf
Format:
66
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