Human activities and their potential impacts - Monterey Bay NMS
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Human activities in the MBNMS (modified based on sanctuary staff input) | data available | notes | variable | time frame | potential ecosystem impact | |
agriculture | nutrient/sediment/pesticide runoff | |||||
air traffic | disturbance to wildlife | |||||
aquaculture/mariculture | nutrient input, organism escape, | |||||
aquaria | collecting, intake, outflow | |||||
artisanal fishing | harvest | |||||
beach grooming | smothering benthic inverts, removal algal wrack | |||||
beach nourishment | dredging, same as above | |||||
beach visitation | wildlife disturbance | |||||
bio-prospecting | collecting | |||||
bird watching | wildlife disturbance | |||||
boating | wildlife disturbance, pollution, anchoring | |||||
coastal armoring | modification coastal habitat, erosion downstream | |||||
commercial fishing | x | by port | commercial landings, weighted by productivity | 2001-2004 | harvesting, impacts on benthc habitat | |
commercial harvest | harvesting | |||||
commercial shipping | pollution, invasve species introduction, disturbance to wildlife | |||||
conservation | ? | |||||
cruise ships | pollution, invasve species introduction, disturbance to wildlife | |||||
diving | x | susanne's dive survyes | dive hrs at a site | 2005 | trampling, anchoring | |
dredging | benhic habitat disturbance | |||||
education | trampling, collecting | |||||
hanggliding | wildlife disturbance | |||||
harbors/marinas | pollution, alteration coastal and benthic habitat | |||||
illegal fishing | harvesting | |||||
kayaking | wildlife disturbance | |||||
land-based mining | sediment input | |||||
motorized watercraft | wildlife disturbance | |||||
off road vehicles | wildlife disturbance, impact of benthic inverts | |||||
offshore disposal | pollution, disturbance benthic habitat | |||||
power plants | intake and outflow | |||||
recreational fishing/collecting | harvesting, collecting | |||||
research | collecting, trampling, disturbance to wildlife, disturbance to benthic habitat | |||||
sand mining | alteration benthic habitat | |||||
seafloor cables/communication | alteration benthic habitat | |||||
shipping lanes | DELETE? | pollution, invasve species introduction, disturbance to wildlife | ||||
tidepooling | trampling, collecting | |||||
urban development | nutrient/sediment/pollutants runoff, aleration coastal habitat | |||||
wastewater treatment | intake, outflow | |||||
wave/tidal energy development | alteration coastal habitat | |||||
whale watching | wildlife disturbance |
Spreadsheet's Author: Carrie Kappel
Last Updated with Excel 97
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