A guide to monitoring reef fish in the National Park Service's South Florida/Caribbean Network

Reef fishes are conspicuous and essential components of coral reef ecosystems and economies of southern Florida and the United States Virgin Islands (USVI). Throughout Florida and the USVI, reef fish are under threat from a variety of anthropogenic and natural stressors including overfishing, habitat loss, and environmental changes. The South Florida/Caribbean Network (SFCN), a unit of the National Park Service (NPS), is charged with monitoring reef fishes, among other natural and cultural resources, within six parks in the South Florida - Caribbean region (Biscayne National Park, BISC; Buck Island Reef National Monument, BUIS; Dry Tortugas National Park, DRTO; Everglades National Park, EVER; Salt River Bay National Historic Park and Ecological Preserve, SARI; Virgin Islands National Park, VIIS). Monitoring data is intended for park managers who are and will continue to be asked to make decisions to balance environmental protection, fishery sustainability and park use by visitors. The range and complexity of the issues outlined above, and the need for NPS to invest in a strategy of monitoring, modeling, and management to ensure the sustainability of its precious assets, will require strategic investment in long-term, high-precision, multispecies reef fish data that increases inherent system knowledge and reduces uncertainty. The goal of this guide is to provide the framework for park managers and researchers to create or enhance a reef fish monitoring program within areas monitored by the SFCN. The framework is expected to be applicable to other areas as well, including the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument. The favored approach is characterized by an iterative process of data collection, dataset integration, sampling design analysis, and population and community assessment that evaluates resource risks associated with management policies. Using this model, a monitoring program can adapt its survey methods to increase accuracy and precision of survey estimates as new information becomes available, and adapt to the evolving needs and broadening responsibilities of park management.

Performance of historic stone building materials and systems : observations by architects, engineers and building conservators : excerpts from workshop discussions held on August 10, 1987, funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Cultural Resources Acid Rain Research Program.

"June 1988."

Address by Under Secretary of the Interior, Clarence A. Davis, before the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, National Conference on Water Resources Policy, Chase-Park Plaza Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri, January 24, 1956.

Mode of access: Internet.

Archeological collections management at Minute Man National Historical Park, Massachusetts /

Includes bibliographies.

Women's Rights National Historical Park : draft general management plan/environmental assessment /

"June 1985"--Cover.

A master plan for Guilford Courthouse National Military Park.

Mode of access: Internet.

Request for proposals--visitor center & museum facilities, Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 37).

Barataria Preserve unit : Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Louisiana : boundary study, environmental assessment.

Mode of access: Internet.

"Trade creep" and implications of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement for the United Kingdom National Health Service

The ambitious and comprehensive Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement (TTIP/TAFTA) agreement between the European Union and United States is now being negotiated and may have far-reaching consequences for health services. The agreement extends to government procurement, investment, and further regulatory cooperation. In this article, we focus on the United Kingdom National Health Service and how these negotiations can limit policy space to change policies and to regulate in relation to health services, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and health industries. The negotiation of TTIP/TAFTA has the potential to "harmonize" more corporate-friendly regulation, resulting in higher costs and loss of policy space, an example of "trade creep" that potentially compromises health equity, public health, and safety concerns across the Atlantic.

Welcome to Lowell National Historical Park.

Includes text and index.

Women's Rights National Historical Park, Seneca Falls, New York /

Panel title.

Women's Rights National Historical Park, New York /

"*GPO: 1994--301-085/00014."

Women's Rights : Women's Rights National Historical Park, New York /

"*GPO: 1995--387-038/00251."

Women's Rights : Women's Rights National Historical Park, New York /

"*GPO: 1998--432-903/60290. Reprint 1998."

Women's Rights : Women's Rights National Historical Park, New York /

"*GPO 2000--460-976/00247. Reprint 2000."