Marine Protected Area Monitoring Design Analysis for Evidence-Based Decision Making

Australia's Marine Park network objectives are reviewed to identify questions and data analysis for addressing them. The dataset likely contains a methodological analysis of how monitoring program design influences the ability to answer ecological and management questions, using the Evidence Based Decision Making (EBDM) paradigm. It was published in Frontiers in Marine Science in 2019 and is hosted by Geoscience Australia.

Use Cases

• Assessing the suitability of different monitoring designs (e.g., cohort, case-control studies) for specific conservation questions based on the described evidence hierarchy.
• Evaluating the role of randomized, spatially balanced sampling and control site selection in improving evidence bases for marine park objectives.
• Incorporating propensity scores and structured expert judgment elicitation into monitoring program planning as discussed in the description.
• Analyzing the socio-political constraints on using Random Controlled Trials (RCTs) for marine protected area placement and identifying alternative strong evidence methods.

Strengths

• Analysis is grounded in a peer-reviewed publication in Frontiers in Marine Science (2019).
• Focuses on a specific, applied framework (Evidence Based Decision Making) for conservation management.
• Explicitly considers practical design improvements like propensity scores and expert judgment.

Limitations

• The data format is HTML, suggesting the primary content may be a document or report rather than a structured dataset.
• Column-level documentation and sample data are unavailable, making field semantics and structure unclear.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which limits suitability assessment for quantitative analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Likely contains a review and methodological analysis based on the published article.

Time Range

Publication date is 2019.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 01:35:48.170034; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Focuses on Australia's Marine Park network.