Environmental Monitoring

ISBN-13: 9781566706414 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 792 str.

G. Bruce Wiersma; Wiersma Bruce Wiersma; Bruce G. Wiersma

Opis

Serves as the first text to combine the conceptual basis of all monitoring activities with specifics on how to conduct a monitoring program in different ecosystems and environmental media Edited by the editor of the leading journal in the field Written for an international audience Addresses the recent legislative focus on results, which can be measured only with high-quality data The rate and scale of environmental change makes the detection and understanding of these changes increasingly urgent. A multi-contributed book, Environmental Monitoring is the first to bring together both the conceptual basis behind all monitoring activities and the complex and specific approaches to the monitoring of air, water, and land. Coverage includes integrated monitoring at the landscape level, as well as case studies of existing monitoring programs such as the Chesapeake Bay Program. The focus is on pollution issues and impacts resulting from human activities.

Recenzje

"…useful for students, academics, and those involved in monitoring…"
Southeastern Naturalist, Issue 4/3, 2005

Spis treści

Conceptual Basis of Environmental Monitoring Systems: A Geospatial Perspective, D.A. Bruns and G.B. Wiersma

Integrated Data Management for Environmental Monitoring Programs, A.M.J. Lane, S.C. Rennie, and J.W. Watkins

Using Multimedia Risk Models in Environmental Monitoring, C. Travis, K.R. Obenshain, J.T. Gunter, J.L. Regens, and C. Whipple

Basic Concepts and Applications of Environmental Monitoring, T. Brydges

Assessment of Changes in Pollutant Concentrations, J. Mohapl

Atmospheric Monitoring, A. Köhler

Opportunities and Challenges in Surface Water Quality Monitoring, S.M. Cormier and J.J. Messer

Groundwater Monitoring: Statistical Methods for Testing Special Background Conditions, C.J. Chou

Well Pattern, Setback, and Flow Rate Considerations for Groundwater Monitoring Networks at Landfills, P.F. Hudak
Selection of Ecological Indicators for Monitoring Terrestrial Systems, G.J. White

Efficacy of Forest Health Monitoring Indicators to Evince Impacts on a Chemically Manipulated Watershed, G.B. Wiersma, J.A. Elvir, and J. Eckhoff

Landscape Monitoring, D. Bailey and F. Herzog

Nonsampling Errors in Ocular Assessments-Swedish Experiences of Observer Influences on Forest Damage Assessments, S. Wulff

Tree-Ring Analysis for Environmental Monitoring and Assessment of Anthropogenic Changes, R. Juknys

Uranium, Thorium, and Potassium in Soils along the Shore of Lake Issyk-Kyol in the Kyrghyz Republic, D.M. Hamby and A.K. Tynybekov

Monitoring and Assessment of the Fate and Transport of Contaminants at a Superfund Site, K.T. Valsaraj and W.D. Constant

Statistical Methods for Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, E. Russek-Cohen and M.C. Christman

Geostatistical Approach for Optimally Adjusting a Monitoring Network, Y.-P. Lin

The Variability of Estimates of Variance: How It Can Affect Power Analysis in Monitoring Design, J.M. Carey
Discriminating between the Good and the Bad: Quality Assurance Is Central in Biomonitoring Studies, G. Brunialti, P. Giordani, and M. Ferretti

Patchy Distribution Fields: Acoustic Survey Design and Reconstruction Adequacy, I. Kalikhman

Monitoring, Assessment, and Environmental Policy, J.J. Messer

Development of Watershed-Based Assessment Tools Using Monitoring Data, S.L. Osowski

Bioindicators for Assessing Human and Ecological Health, J. Burger and M. Gochfeld

Biological Indicators in Environmental Monitoring Programs: Can We Increase Their Effectiveness? V. Carignan and M.-A. Villard

Judging Survey Quality in Biomonitoring, H.Th. Wolterbeek and T.G. Verburg
Major Monitoring Networks: A Foundation to Preserve, Protect, and Restore, M.P. Bradley and F.W. Kutz

From Monitoring Design to Operational Program: Facilitating the Transition under Resource-Limited Conditions, D.J. Roux

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program, M. McDonald, R. Blair, D. Bolgrien, B. Brown, J. Dlugosz, S. Hale, S. Hedtke, D. Heggem, L. Jackson, K. Jones, B. Levinson, R. Linthurst, J. Messer, A. Olsen, J. Paul, S. Paulsen, J. Stoddard, K. Summers, and G. Veith

The U.S. Forest Health Monitoring Program, K. Riitters and B. Tkacz

Clean Air Status and Trends Network (CASTNet)-Air-Quality
Assessment and Accountability, R. Haeuber and M. Kolian

EPA's Regional Vulnerability Assessment Program: Using Monitoring Data and Model Results to Target Actions, E.R. Smith, R.V. O'Neill, J.D. Wickham, and K.B. Jones

Index

O autorze

G. Bruce Wiersma