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Monitoring Ecological Condition at Regional Scales

Proceedings of the Third Symposium on the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) Albany, NY, U.S.A., 8–11 April, 1997

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1998

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Editors:
  1. Shabeg Sandhu

    1. National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, USA

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  2. Laura Jackson

    1. National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, USA

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  3. Kay Austin

    1. National Center for Environmental Assessment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, USA

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  4. Jeffrey Hyland

    1. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Charleston, USA

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  5. Brian Melzian

    1. Atlantic Ecology Division National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Narrangansett, USA

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  6. Kevin Summers

    1. Gulf Ecology Division National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Gulf Breeze, USA

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Table of contents (43 papers)

  1. Benthic Biological Processes and EH as a Basis for a Benthic Index

    • Wayne R. Davis, Andrew F. J. Draxler, John F. Paul, Joseph J. Vitaliano
    Pages 259-268

  2. State of the Estuaries in the Mid-Atlantic Region of the United States

    • J. F. Paul, C. J. Strobel, B. D. Melzian, J. A. Kiddon, J. S. Latimer, D. E. Campbell et al.
    Pages 269-284

  3. A Framework for a Delaware Inland Bays Environmental Classification

    • Kent S. Price
    Pages 285-298

  4. Maryland Biological Stream Survey: A State Agency Program to Assess the Impact of Anthropogenic Stresses on Stream Habitat Quality and Biota

    • R. Klauda, P. Kazyak, S. Stranko, M. Southerland, N. Roth, J. Chaillou
    Pages 299-316

  5. Assessment of the Condition of Agricultural Lands in Five Mid-Atlantic States

    • A. S. Hellkamp, S. R. Shafer, C. L. Campbell, J. M. Bay, D. A. Fiscus, G. R. Hess et al.
    Pages 317-324

  6. An Interactive, Spatial Inventory of Environmental Data in the Mid-Atlantic Region

    • L. E. Jackson, M. P. Gant
    Pages 325-329

  7. Sediment Quality of Estuaries in the Southeastern U.S.

    • Jeffrey L. Hyland, Timothy R. Snoots, W. Leonard Balthis
    Pages 331-343

  8. Evaluation of R-EMAP Techniques for the Measurement of Ecological Integrity of Streams in Washington State’s Coast Range Ecoregion

    • J. White, G. Merritt
    Pages 345-355

  9. Site Access and Sample Frame Issues for R-EMAP Central Valley, California, Stream Assessment

    • Robert K. Hall, Peter Husby, Gary Wolinsky, Olof Hansen, Michiko Mares
    Pages 357-367

  10. Linking Monitoring and Effects Research: EMAP’s Intensive Site Network Program

    • J. Kevin Summers, Kathy E. Tonnessen
    Pages 369-380

  11. Determining the Causes of Benthic Condition

    • Virginia D. Engle, J. Kevin Summers
    Pages 381-397

  12. A Regional Analysis of Lake Acidification Trends for the Northeastern U.S., 1982-1994

    • John L. Stoddard, Charles T. Driscoll, Jeffrey S. Kahl, James H. Kellogg
    Pages 399-413

  13. Regional Land Cover Characterization Using Landsat Thematic Mapper Data and Ancillary Data Sources

    • J. E. Vogelmann, T. L. Sohl, P. V. Campbell, D. M. Shaw
    Pages 415-428

  14. Managing Scientific Data: The EMAP Approach

    • Stephen S. Hale, Melissa M. Hughes, John F. Paul, R. Scott McAskill, Steven A. Rego, David R. Bender et al.
    Pages 429-440

  15. Exploring Environmental Data in a Highly Immersive Virtual Reality Environment

    • Dianne Cook, Carolina Cruz-Neira, Bradley D. Kohlmeyer, Uli Lechner, Nicholas Lewin, Laura Nelson et al.
    Pages 441-450

  16. Prototyping a Vision for Inter-Agency Terrestrial Inventory and Monitoring: A Statistical Perspective

    • Carol C. House, J. Jeffery Goebel, Hans T. Schreuder, Paul H. Geissler, William R. Williams, Anthony R. Olsen
    Pages 451-463

  17. Genetic Patterns as a Tool for Monitoring and Assessment of Environmental Impacts: The Example of Genetic Ecotoxicology

    • Natalie M. Belfiore, Susan L. Anderson
    Pages 465-479

  18. Preliminary Studies on the Population Genetics of the Central Stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum) from the Great Miami River Basin, Ohio

    • R. N. Silbiger, S. A. Christ, A. C. Leonard, M. Garg, D. L. Lattier, S. Dawes et al.
    Pages 481-495

  19. Genetic Impact of Low-Dose Radiation on Human and Non-Human Biota in Chernobyl, Ukraine

    • Natasha A. Maznik
    Pages 497-506

  20. Human Carrying Capacity as an Indicator of Regional Sustainability

    • J. David Yount
    Pages 507-509
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About this book

The Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program was created by EPA to develop the capability for tracking the changing conditions of our natural resources and to give environmental policy the advantages ofa sound scientific understanding of trends. Former EPA Administrators recognized early that contemporary monitoring programs could not even quantify simple unknowns like the number of lakes suffering from acid rain, let along determine if national control policies were benefiting these lakes. Today, adding to acidification impacts are truly complex problems such as determining the effects of climate change, of increases in ultraviolet light, toxic chemicals, eutrophication and critical habitat loss. Also today, the Government Performance and Results Act seeks to have agencies develop performance standards based on results rather than simply on levels of programmatic activities. The charge to EMAP of ecosystems is, therefore, the same today as it was a with respect to measuring the condition decade ago. We welcome the increasing urgency for sound scientific monitoring methods and data by efforts to protect and improve the environment. Systematic nationwide monitoring of natural resources is more than anyone program can accomplish, however. In an era of declining budgets, it is crucial that monitoring programs at all levels of government coordinate and share environmental data. EMAP resources are dwarfed by the more than $500 million spent on federal monitoring activities each year.

Editors and Affiliations

  • National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, USA

    Shabeg Sandhu, Laura Jackson

  • National Center for Environmental Assessment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, USA

    Kay Austin

  • National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Charleston, USA

    Jeffrey Hyland

  • Atlantic Ecology Division National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Narrangansett, USA

    Brian Melzian

  • Gulf Ecology Division National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Gulf Breeze, USA

    Kevin Summers

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Monitoring Ecological Condition at Regional Scales

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the Third Symposium on the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) Albany, NY, U.S.A., 8–11 April, 1997

  • Editors: Shabeg Sandhu, Laura Jackson, Kay Austin, Jeffrey Hyland, Brian Melzian, Kevin Summers

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4976-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-5070-5Published: 31 May 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6089-9Published: 03 October 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-4976-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 603

  • Topics: Ecotoxicology, Ecology, Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution, Environmental Management

  • Industry Sectors: Biotechnology

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