Science Needs for Each National Marine Sanctuary
Needs are listed by sanctuary. Click on the sanctuary name to go to the full documents.
American Samoa
Updated 2011
- Climate Change: Ocean Acidification
- Ecosystem Connectivity
- Coral Reef Recovery and Resilience
- Resource Characterization and Monitoring
- Anthropogenic Threats to Resources
- Water Quality
Channel Islands
Updated 2022
- Climate Change
- Connectivity
- Data Accessibility and Application
- Deep Sea Exploration, Characterization, and Monitoring
- Ecosystem Services
- Habitat Mapping, Characterization, and Dynamics
- Human Use
- Marine Debris
- Ocean Noise
Cordell Bank
Updated 2014
- Alternative Energy
- Climate Change
- Deep Sea Coral and Sponge Communities
- Invasive Species
- Marine Zones and Fishing
- Maritime Heritage
- Vessel Traffic
- Contaminants
Florida Keys
Updated 2014
- Climate Change
- Coral Reef Management
- Habitat Protection and Management
- Marine Zone Effectiveness
- Physical Oceanography
- Population Dynamics of Fin Fish
- Water Quality
Flower Garden Banks
Updated 2010
- Biomass Removal
- Coral Disease
- Ecosystem Connectivity
- Habitat Characterization
- Impacts from Divers
- Socioeconomics
- Status and Trends of Resource Condition
- Water Quality - Contaminants
Gray's Reef
Updated 2014
- Benthic Pelagic Coupling
- Fish Spawning
- Habitat Change - Sand Movement
- Invasive Species
- Managing Biodiversity
- Marine Zoning - Research Area
- Socioeconomics
Greater Farallones
Updated 2016
- Esteros Habitat Characterization
- Climate Change Threats to Rocky Intertidal and Kelp Forests
- Invasive Species
- Sensitive Seafloor Communities
- Oil Pollution
- Vessel Traffic Threats to Baleen Whales
- Human Dimensions and Socioeconomics
Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale
Updated 2014
- Distribution of Key Species
- Status and Trends of Key Living Marine Resources
Monitor
Updated 2022
- Climate Change
- Human Dimensions
- Maritime Heritage
- Resource Degradation and Corrosion
- Shipwreck Habitat and Biodiversity
Monterey Bay
Updated 2022
- Beach Microbial Contamination
- Climate Change
- Ecological Characterization of Davidson Seamount
- Exploration, Characterization, and Monitoring of Deep-sea Benthic Habitats
- Habitat Characterization of the Continental Shelf
- Habitat Characterization of the Continental Slope
- Harmful Algal Blooms
- Human Use
- Impacts of Desalination on Coastal Ecosystems
- Impacts of Personal Watercrafts on Marine Wildlife
- Impacts of Plane and Ship Groundings and Sinkings
- Introduced Species
- Kelp Forest Dynamics
- Marine Protected Area Impacts and Effectiveness
- Maritime Cultural Landscapes
- Sand Transport, Erosion, and Coastal Structures
- Terrestrial Input to Coastal Big Sur
- Uncrewed Aircraft Systems
- Water Quality
Olympic Coast
Updated 2014
- Climate Change and Ocean Acidification
- Deep Sea Coral and Sponge Communities
- Management and Protection of Kelp Forest Systems
- Mapping and Characterization of Seafloor Habitats
- Marine Mammals and Seabirds Characterization
- Nearshore Characterization of Resources and Processes
- Status and Trends of Intertidal Species
Papahānaumokuākea
Updated 2014
- Biodiversity
- Climate Change - Ocean Acidification
- Climate Change - Sea Level Rise
- Coral Bleaching
- Coral Disease
- Deep Water Habitat Protection
- Endangered Species
- Invasive Species
- Marine Debris
- Maritime Heritage
- Resource Characterization
- Water Quality
- Historical Ecology
Stellwagen Bank
Updated 2014
- Acoustic Impacts to Resources
- Conservation of Biodiversity
- Marine Mammal Mortality and Injury
- Marine Zoning - Research Area
- Fishing Impacts to Maritime Heritage Resources
- Vessel Traffic
- Water Quality
Thunder Bay
Updated 2014
- Anchoring Impacts to Resources
- Boundary Expansion
- Socioeconomics: Impacts of On-Water Recreation
- Socioeconomics: Visitors Center