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Assessment of an existing network starts with a review of monitoring objectives along with a thorough survey of social, legal, economic, political, administrative, and operational constraints. The next step is devoted to the evaluation of technical features that make up a network. This is the stage where sampling sites and frequencies, variables sampled and sampling duration are assessed.
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Harmancioglu, N.B., Fistikoglu, O., Ozkul, S.D., Singh, V.P., Alpaslan, M.N. (1999). Assessment of Sampling Sites. In: Water Quality Monitoring Network Design. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 33. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9155-3_6
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