This page leads to compilations of past and current long-term (> 12 months) environmental monitoring networks within the Albemarle-Pamlico administrative region. Monitoring activities restricted to one of the six major APNEP basins are compiled separately. Each complete description should include the program name, sponsoring agencies, target sample population, targeted parameters, geographic coverage, monitoring frequency and duration. Information specific to the A-P region is italicized. Parameters of note are in bold. Within each category monitoring activities are listed in order of the lead agency’s organizational jurisdiction: international, federal, state, sub-state.
Reviewers who know of other monitoring efforts within the region are encouraged to notify APNEP’s Science Coordinator so such activities may be added to these compilations. A list of acronyms of organizations involved in monitoring:
ECU = East Carolina University
DCM = North Carolina Division of Coastal Management
DMF = North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries
DWQ = North Carolina Division of Water Quality
NASA = National Aeronautic and Space Administration
NCSU = North Carolina State University
NOAA = National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration
UNC = University of North Carolina
USDA = United States Department of Agriculture
USEPA = United States Environmental Protection Agency
USFWS = United States Fish & Wildlife Service
USGS = United States Geological Survey
WRC = North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission