September 17, 2025

Kelp Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Guidebook

Download the Kelp Ecosystem Monitoring Guidebook (pdf)

Aaron M. Eger, Anne Bauer-Civeillo, Blanca Bernal, Scott Bohachyk, Dana Janke, Nina Larissa Arroyo, Maria Schreider, Hannah S. Earp

Excerpt Summary:

Monitoring and reporting are essential to help track the outcomes of environmental interventions, assess the state of our natural world, understand the benefits that ecosystems provide, and contribute to data sharing and collaboration. This guidebook provides users with both a core and comprehensive list of metrics to measure in kelp forest ecosystem, provides a variety of options to fit different purposes, and gives detailed instructions on how to make those measurements.