Resources

These following resources are available for download.

Presentations:

• GoMAMN Decision Analysis Webinar

Products:

• GoMAMN Strategic Bird Monitoring Guidelines
• GoMAMN Overview – 2-page Flyer
• GoMAMN Terms of Reference
• GoMAMN Boundary
• GoMAMN Ecological Systems
• GoMAMN Birds of Conservation Concern
• GoMAMN Objective Hierarchy
• GoMAMN Gap Analysis of Contemporary Gulf of Mexico Bird Monitoring Programs (Seabirds and Shorebirds)

Literature:

• BOEM – Ecological Drivers of Brown Pelican Movement Patterns, Health, and Reproductive Success in the Gulf of Mexico
• A Catalog of Louisiana’s Nesting Seabird Colonies
• Selecting indicators to monitor outcomes across projects and multiple restoration programs in the Gulf of Mexico
• Critical Habitat for Migrating Birds along the Gulf of Mexico
• Shorebird Management Manual (2021)

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Natural Resource Damage Assessment

• Programmatic Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan (PDARP)
• Strategic Framework for Bird Restoration Activities
• Monitoring and Adaptive Management (MAM Manual Version 1.0)

NOAA RESTORE Act Science Program

• NOAA RESTORE Science Plan
• A multiscale approach to understanding migratory land bird habitat use of functional stopover habitat types and management efforts
• Fire effects in Gulf of Mexico marshes: historical perspectives, management, and monitoring of mottled ducks and black and yellow rails

National Academy of Sciences

• Effective Monitoring to Evaluate Ecological Restoration in the Gulf of Mexico

Habitats and Biota of the Gulf of Mexico: Before the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

• Volume 1: Water Quality, Sediment Contaminants, Oil and Gas Seeps, Coastal Habitats, Offshore Plankton and Benthos and Shellfish
• Volume 2: Fish Resources, Fisheries, Sea Turtles, Avian Resources, Marine Mammals, Diseases and Moralities