How is your MPA Doing?

Pomeroy, R.S., Parks, J.E., Watson, L. M. 2004. How is your MPA Doing? A Guidebook of Natural and Social Indicators for Evaluating Marine Protected Area Management Effectiveness.  IUCN Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Chapter 3 (pages 30 – 35) of this handbook contains a description of managing MPA data once it has been collected. It discusses the various steps of data coding, storage, entry and runs through the various types of exploratory statistics that are possible. There are brief descriptions of further analysis options. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the importance of ascertaining internal and external evaluation of results.

Chapter 4 (page 37) is about communicating results and carrying out adaptive management.