Science Reports

Click on the links below to download science reports. All files are PDFs, except where noted.


Final Programmatic Report (Marine Management Area Science Program)

• Final Report of the Marine Management Area Science (MMAS) Program to the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation  (1 MB)
• Attachment 1: MMAS Grant Outcome Plan (Excel, 74 KB)

• Attachment 2: MMAS Indicators of Success (Excel, 29 KB)

• Attachment 3: MMAS Studies, Contacts, Data (Excel, 20 KB)

• Attachment 4: Sample S2A Framework (Excel, 25 KB)


Synthesis Reports
These reports bring together results from multiple scientific studies to provide an integrated view of the findings.

Entire MMAS Program:
• Scientific Synthesis (291 KB)
• Science-to-Action Program Assessment (610 KB)

Geographic Areas:
• Belize (946 KB)
• Brazil (86 KB)
• Fiji (213 KB)
• Panama Summary (English, 119 KB) | Panama Full Report (Spanish, 442 KB)

Research Themes:
• Ecological Monitoring (86 KB)
• Socioeconomic and Governance Monitoring Full Report (1 MB) | 4-page Policy Brief (0.6 MB)
• Economic Valuation (279 KB)
• Cultural Roles (315 KB)


Reports from Individual Studies

Global:
• Advanced Biosensors - Genetic (643 KB)
• Advanced Biosensors - Microbial (815 KB)
• Assessment of Coral Reef Health (1.9 MB)
• Economic Incentives in Marine Conservation (1.7 MB)
• Management Effectiveness (143 KB)
• Global Socioeconomic Condition of Marine Management Areas (2.3 MB)
• Marine Managed Area Cost Effectiveness (1.1 MB)
• Organismal Resiliency (422 KB)

Belize:
• Ecological Monitoring (2.9 MB)
• Socioeconomic and Governance Monitoring (5.2 MB)
• Cultural Roles (1.6 MB)
• Economic Valuation (1.3 MB)
• Conch Genetic Connectivity (127 KB)
• Cross-Shelf Habitat Linkages (684 KB)
• Cruise Ship Ecological Monitoring (811 KB)
• Ecotourism Effects on Spawning Fish (98 KB)
• Enforcement (1.2 MB)
• Interreefal Habitats (475 KB)
• Larval Dispersal Modeling (78 KB)
• Population Resilience (94 KB)
• Marine Integrated Decision Analysis System (MIDAS)

Brazil:
• Ecological Monitoring (221 KB)
• Socioeconomic and Governance Monitoring and Cultural Roles (1.9 MB)
• Economic Valuation (885 KB)
• Interreefal Habitats (573 KB)

Fiji/Pacific:
• Ecological Monitoring (688 KB)
• Socioeconomic and Governance Monitoring (1.2 MB)
• Cultural Roles (1.3 MB)
• Coral Connectivity Genetics (799 KB)
• Phoenix Islands Deepwater-Shelf Connectivity (2.9 MB)
• Extinction Resistance (221 KB)
• Fish Genetic Connectivity (254 KB)
• Hawaii Aquarium Fish Collecting Impacts (803 KB)
• Philippines Marine Management Area Effectiveness (115 KB)

Panama and Galapagos, Eastern Tropical Pacific Seascape (ETPS):
• Ecological Monitoring - Galapagos (2.4 MB)
• Ecological Monitoring - Panama (442 KB)
• Socioeconomic and Governance Monitoring - Galapagos (1.7 MB)
• Socioeconomic Monitoring - Panama (2 MB)
• Governance Monitoring - Panama (705 KB)
• Cultural Roles - Panama (1.3 MB)
• Economic Valuation - Panama (4.4 MB)
• Enforcement Chain - ETPS (2.8 MB)
• Extinction Resistance (221 KB)