Lower trophic level monitoring implementation plan for Barataria Basin: Protocols and programmatic management

Erin P. Kiskaddon; Sibel Bargu; Melissa Millman Baustian; Melissa Carle; Jean Cowan; Jennifer Doerr; Cassandra N. Glaspie; Brittany Jensen; Bingqing Liu; Emelia Marshall; Michael J. Polito; David B. Reeves; Shaye Sable; Malinda Sutor; Ian Zink

Lower trophic level monitoring implementation plan for Barataria Basin: Protocols and programmatic management

By: Erin P. Kiskaddon, Sibel Bargu, Melissa Millman Baustian, Melissa Carle, Jean Cowan, Jennifer Doerr, Cassandra N. Glaspie, Brittany Jensen, Bingqing Liu, Emelia Marshall, Michael J. Polito, David B. Reeves, Shaye Sable, Malinda Sutor, and Ian Zink

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Abstract

Prior work completed by Kiskaddon et al. (2021, 2022b, 2022a) identified critical data gaps for Lower Trophic Level (LTL) organisms in Barataria Basin, Louisiana. A Monitoring and Adaptive Management (MAM) Activity Implementation Plan (MAIP) was subsequently developed to describe a MAM Activity that would address and fill these critical data gaps (hereafter termed the “LTL project”). As the lead implementing Trustee of the LTL project, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in collaboration with the Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group (LA TIG), is charged with implementing the LTL project (NOAA, 2022). The Water Institute (the Institute), in cooperation with federal, state, and private entities including NOAA, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Louisiana State University (LSU), University of Louisiana at Lafayette (UL Lafayette), University of California (UC) Santa Cruz, and Dynamic Solutions, LLC developed this implementation plan to further detail LTL data collection in Barataria Basin that will fulfill the MAIP. This monitoring implementation plan describes procedures and protocols critical for data collection and project management.

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Kiskaddon, E.P., Bargu, S., Baustian, M.M., Carle, M., Cowan, J., Doerr, J., Glaspie, C.N., Jensen, B., Liu, B., Marshall, E., Polito, M.J., Reeves, D.B., Sable, S., Sutor, M., Zink, I., 2025, Lower trophic level monitoring implementation plan for Barataria Basin: Protocols and programmatic management, 164 p.

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Publication type	Report
Publication Subtype	Organization Series
Title	Lower trophic level monitoring implementation plan for Barataria Basin: Protocols and programmatic management
Year Published	2025
Language	English
Publisher	The Water Institute
Contributing office(s)	Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
Description	164 p.
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Other Geospatial	Barataria Basin