Edited by Seaman, W., Smiley, B., Pitcher, T.J. and Wood, L.

INTRODUCTION

The North American Practitioners Workshop on Research and Monitoring of Marine Reefs Using Volunteer Divers brought together recognized, established interests from Canada and the United States. Their common goal was the accurate observation and reporting of ocean reef habitats, organisms and systems. During the meeting 20- 22 June 2002, exchanges of technical information via presentations and discussion took place, complemented by underwater sessions on 22 June. In this section we describe the workshop's purpose, some of the principal subjects, and the format of this document.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PRESENTATION SLIDES (Appendix 5)

Keynote Paper: Data Rich and Conclusion Poor: How Can We Learn More for the Effort? by William Lindberg (2.89 MB)

Developing a Marine Species List for Identification by Volunteers: Experiences of the Georgia Strait Alliance Inter-tidal Quadrat Studies by Bryan Nichols (22 KB)

The Living REEF Project: Monitoring Invertebrates in a Fish-Monitoring Project by Dana Haggarty and Susan Francis (329 KB)

Monitoring Bunny's Web Reef off Jacksonville, Florida, and Challenges Facing a Volunteer Dive Team by John Perkner, Lex Waters and Marc Dillon (42 KB)

The Yukon Artificial Reef Monitoring Project by Noelle Barger (375 KB)

Reliability and Utility of Sidney Pier Artificial Reef Monitoring Data from Volunteer Reefkeeper Divers by Brian Smiley and Brenda Burd (6.62 MB)

The REEF Fish Survey Project by Christy Semmens (995 KB)

Project Emerald Sea: Volunteer Restoration and Monitoring of a Highly Disturbed Estuary by Doug Bifford (1.02 MB)

The Annual Lingcod Egg Mass Survey in British Columbia by Jeff Marliave (735 KB)

Assessing the Habitat Productivity of Reefs Created from Blasted Rock by Rob Russell (212 KB)