Environmental Monitoring

G. Bruce Wiersma

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2004
• Print ISBN: 9781566706414
• eBook ISBN: 9781135462574
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Chemistry
• Index: Biological Sciences

The current rate and scale of environmental change around the world makes the detection and understanding of these changes increasingly urgent. Subsequently, government legislation is focusing on measurable results of environmental programs, requiring researchers to employ effective and efficient methods for acquiring high-quality data. Focusing on pollution issues and impacts resulting from human activities, Environmental Monitoring is the first to bring together the conceptual basis behind 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 book also addresses the recent legislative focus on high-quality data results and conducting monitoring programs in different ecosystems and environmental media.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Halftitle Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Preface
• About the Editor
• Contributors
• Table of Contents
• 1 Conceptual Basis of Environmental Monitoring Systems: A Geospatial Perspective
• 2 Integrated Data Management for Environmental Monitoring Programs
• 3 Using Multimedia Risk Models in Environmental Monitoring
• 4 Basic Concepts and Applications of Environmental Monitoring
• 5 Assessment of Changes in Pollutant Concentrations
• 6 Atmospheric Monitoring
• 7 Opportunities and Challenges in Surface Water Quality Monitoring
• 8 Groundwater Monitoring: Statistical Methods for Testing Special Background Conditions
• 9 Well Pattern, Setback, and Flow Rate Considerations for Groundwater Monitoring Networks at Landfills
• 10 Selection of Ecological Indicators for Monitoring Terrestrial Systems
• 11 Efficacy of Forest Health Monitoring Indicators to Evince Impacts on a Chemically Manipulated Watershed
• 12 Landscape Monitoring
• 13 Nonsampling Errors in Ocular AssessmentsSwedish Experiences of Observer Influences on Forest Damage Assessments
• 14 Tree-Ring Analysis for Environmental Monitoring and Assessment of Anthropogenic Changes
• 15 Uranium, Thorium, and Potassium in Soils along the Shore of Lake Issyk-Kyol in the Kyrghyz Republic*
• 16 Monitoring and Assessment of the Fate and Transport of Contaminants at a Superfund Site
• 17 Statistical Methods for Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
• 18 Geostatistical Approach for Optimally Adjusting a Monitoring Network
• 19 The Variability of Estimates of Variance: How It Can Affect Power Analysis in Monitoring Design*
• 20 Discriminating between the Good and the Bad: Quality Assurance Is Central in Biomonitoring Studies
• 21 Patchy Distribution Fields: Acoustic Survey Design and Reconstruction Adequacy
• 22 Monitoring, Assessment, and Environmental Policy*
• 23 Development of Watershed-Based Assessment Tools Using Monitoring Data
• 24 Bioindicators for Assessing Human and Ecological Health
• 25 Biological Indicators in Environmental Monitoring Programs: Can We Increase Their Effectiveness?
• 26 Judging Survey Quality in Biomonitoring
• 27 Major Monitoring Networks: A Foundation to Preserve, Protect, and Restore
• 28 From Monitoring Design to Operational Program: Facilitating the Transition under Resource-Limited Conditions
• 29 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program
• 30 The U.S. Forest Health Monitoring Program
• 31 Clean Air Status and Trends Network (CASTNet)-Air-Quality Assessment and Accountability
• 32 EPA’s Regional Vulnerability Assessment Program: Using Monitoring Data and Model Results to Target Actions
• Index