TY - CHAP TI - Chapter 7 - Long-term sustainability of ecological monitoring: perspectives from the Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network AU - Gilbane, L AU - Ambrose, R AU - Burnaford, J AU - Helix, M AU - Miner, C AU - Murray, S AU - Sullivan, K AU - Whitaker, S T2 - Partnerships in Marine Research: Case Studies, Lessons Learned, and Policy Implications AB - The Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network (MARINe) is structured around a thoughtfully crafted set of sustainable practices, or culture of care, which includes equal partnership among its members and member organizations and a collaborative decision-making process. MARINe prioritizes the use of rigorous, standardized protocols, maintains a shared central database, and keeps costs low and consistent through a diversified funding approach. Because long-term sustainability was MARINe's goal from the beginning, every aspect of the program was established to ensure continuity. MARINe's founders understood the importance of long-term, continuous ecological data, and today this thirty-year-old network is invaluable for informing management decisions and alerting scientists to changing conditions in rocky shore habitats along the Pacific coast of North America. CY - California, USA DA - 2022/01// PY - 2022 SP - 109 EP - 129 PB - Elsevier UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780323904278000071 DO - 10.1016/B978-0-323-90427-8.00007-1 U1 - Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) LA - English KW - Human Dimensions ER -