Northwest Atlantic Indicators Workshop

Briefing Package

 

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§           Final Agenda with Workshop Vision, Mission and Goal Statements

§           National Indicator Development Initiatives

§           Tapping the Indicators Knowledgebase: “Lessons learned” by developers of environmental indicators  - Lauren Pidot

§           Indicator Workshop Operational Definitions

§           Conceptual Model Papers (download full document here) or download each section:

o       Fisheries

o       Contaminants

o       Eutrophication

o       Coastal Development/Land Use

o       Climate Change

o       Aquatic Habitat

§           Charge for Breakout Groups

§           Draft List of Key Questions and Indicators (a final version will be supplied at workshop)

§           Bibliography A listing of papers on indicators found throughout the process (with web site addresses if applicable)

§           Inventory of Monitoring Programs in the Gulf of Maine

o       Part 1: Inventory (Draft) (700 KB)

o       Part 2: Supplement (Draft) (558 KB)

§       Additional information on indicators:

o       Gulf of Maine Times article by Ethan Nedeau of the Gulf of Maine Council's Science Translation Project

o       Visit the Gulf of Maine Council's Knowledgebase pages on environmental indicators