Environmental monitoring and assessment program: Gulf Coast Salt Marsh Pilot Study
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:7003648
The Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) was initiated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to monitor the condition of the Nation's natural resources. The Wetlands component of EMAP is designed to quantitatively assess the current status and long-term trends in wetland condition at regional and national scales. In the short-term, EMAP-Wetlands will provide standarized protocols for measuring and describing wetland condition, report on estimates of wetland condition in selected regions of the country, and develop standardized formats for reporting results. EMAP-Wetlands is being implemented by wetland class and geographic regions in three phases. Pilot studies are being conducted in small geographic regions (e.g., states) during the first phase to evaluate the ability of potential indicators to meet certain selection criteria. These studies will be followed by demonstration studies that evaluate the performance of indicators on larger scales (e.g., Gulf Coast region). Indicators that successfully meet critical criteria will be implemented regionally and nationally to assess wetland condition.
- Research Organization:
- Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, OR (United States). Environmental Research Lab.
- OSTI ID:
- 7003648
- Report Number(s):
- PB-93-122398/XAB; CNN: EPA-68-C8-0006
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290500* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Research
Development
Demonstration
& Commercialization
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540310 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Basic Studies-- (1990-)
ABSTRACTS
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS
CURRENTS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ECOLOGY
ECOSYSTEMS
EDUCATION
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
EVALUATION
FIELD TESTS
GULF STREAM
INDICATORS
LEADING ABSTRACT
MARSHES
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
PERFORMANCE
REGIONAL ANALYSIS
RESOURCES
SAMPLING
SITE SURVEYS
TESTING
TRAINING
US EPA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WATER CURRENTS
WATER QUALITY
WETLANDS
290500* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Research
Development
Demonstration
& Commercialization
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540310 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Basic Studies-- (1990-)
ABSTRACTS
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS
CURRENTS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ECOLOGY
ECOSYSTEMS
EDUCATION
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
EVALUATION
FIELD TESTS
GULF STREAM
INDICATORS
LEADING ABSTRACT
MARSHES
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
PERFORMANCE
REGIONAL ANALYSIS
RESOURCES
SAMPLING
SITE SURVEYS
TESTING
TRAINING
US EPA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WATER CURRENTS
WATER QUALITY
WETLANDS