Northwest Forest Plan

Interagency Regional
Monitoring Program

Marbled Murrelet Reports & Publications

Subject Report Title Format
NWFP 10-Year Report
10-Year Monitoring Report, Marbled Murrelet Monitoring M. Huff et al. 2006. Northwest Forest Plan-the first 10 years (1994-2003):  Status and trends of populations and nesting habitat for the marbled murrelet. PNW-GTR-650. PDF, 149 pages
Monitoring Plan
Effectiveness Monitoring Plan, Marbled Murrelet Monitoring

S. Madsen et al. 1999. Marbled murrelet effectiveness monitoring plan for the Northwest Forest Plan.
PNW-GTR-439.

PDF, 51 pages
Annual Reports
2002 Annual Summary Report, Marbled Murrelet Monitoring

M. Huff et al. 2003. Marbled Murrelet Effectiveness Monitoring. Northwest Forest Plan. 2002 Annual Summary Report (Version 2).

PDF, 27 pages, 293 KB
2001 Annual Summary Report, Marbled Murrelet Monitoring

P. Jodice et al. 2002. Marbled Murrelet Effectiveness Monitoring. Northwest Forest Plan. 2001 Annual Summary Report.

PDF, 19 pages, 90 KB
2000 Annual Summary Report, Marbled Murrelet Monitoring

N. Bentivoglio et al. 2002. Northwest Forest Plan. Marbled Murrelet Effectiveness Monitoring. 2000 Annual Report.

PDF, 80 pages, 1.52 MB
Other Reports
Murrelet population monitoring methods

M. Raphael et al.  2007.  Regional Population Monitoring of the Marbled Murrelet: Field and Analytical Methods.  PNW GTR-716

PDF, 70 pages
At-sea survey methods and designs M. Raphael et al. 1999. Sampling Marbled Murrelets at Sea:Tests of Survey Methods and Designs. Draft report. PDF, 35 pages, 260 KB
At-sea distribution and abundance of common murres and marbled murrelets

C. Thompson. 1999. Distribution and Abundance of Marbled Murrelets and Common Murres on the Outer Coast of Washington--Summer 1997 through Winter 1998-1999.

PDF, 56 pages, 177 KB
Distance and Angle Estimations in Line Transect Sampling S. Beissinger and B. Becker. 1999. Evaluating the Accuracy of Distance and Angle Estimations in Line Transect Sampling: preliminary report on activities of FWS Agreement # 1448-10110-97-J132 and DCN 10110-7-4000. PDF, 12 pages, 372 KB
Distribution and Productivity of Marbled Murrelets At Sea in Oregon 1998 C. Strong. 1999. Marbled murrelet research, 1998: studies on distribution and productivity of marbled murrelets at sea in Oregon. Final report to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. PDF, 21 pages, 1.04 MB
Characterizing the "goodness" of a variety of sampling schemes Author unknown. 1999. Characterizing the "goodness" of a variety of sampling schemes. Draft report. PDF, 6 pages, 29 KB
Methods For Training and Testing Observers S. Beissinger and B. Becker. 1999. Methods For Training and Testing Observers Using Distance and Angle Estimation in Line Transect Sampling PDF, 5 pages, 206 KB
Presentations
Population Status and Habitat Modeling of Marbled Murrelet Mark Huff - Fish and Wildlife Service Powerpoint, 29.89 MB
At-sea Monitoring of Marbled Murrelet Population Status Trends in the Northwest Forest Plan area. Sherri L. Miller - US Forest Service, PSW Research Powerpoint, 3.18 MB
Monitoring Marbled Murrelet Nesting Habitat on Federal Lands Using a Systematic Grid Sampling Mark Huff - Fish and Wildlife Service PDF, 3.85 MB