Monitoring design for riparian forests in the Pacific northwest. Research plan
The goal of this project is to recommend a broadly-acceptale efficient and effective methodology for characterizing streamside riparian attributes in forested settings at the site grain for regional monitoring. The authors consider monitoring design in the context of three interacting constraints: ecological functions, capabilities of technologies, and user needs. The focus is on fine grained remote methods. Comparison between candidate selected monitoring systems provides for an initial formulation of a monitoring design. A series of evaluations of these initial formulations provides for an initial recommendation. With the state`s interest in the status of coastal fishes, and the programmatic interest of EPA`s Western Ecology Division, the areas selected for study are in the Oregon coastal province and the Willamette basin.
- Research Organization:
- National Health and Environmental Effects Research Lab., Corvallis, OR (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 572349
- Report Number(s):
- PB-98-115363/XAB; EPA-600/R-97/125; TRN: 80331623
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Dec 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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