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AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT ACROSS SCALES
Citation:
LANE, C. R. AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT ACROSS SCALES. Presented at International Environmental Conference "A Healthy Amur for a Better Life", Amursk, Khabarovsk Region, RUSSIA, August 27 - September 03, 2007.
Impact/Purpose:
The goal of this research is to develop methods and indicators that are useful for evaluating the condition of aquatic communities, for assessing the restoration of aquatic communities in response to mitigation and best management practices, and for determining the exposure of aquatic communities to different classes of stressors (i.e., pesticides, sedimentation, habitat alteration).
Description:
The mission of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) is to protect human health and the environment. As part of the Office of Research and Development within the USEPA, the Ecosystems Research Branch of the National Exposure Research Laboratory, located in Cincinnati, Ohio, conducts research under the Clean Water Act to characterize the condition of aquatic resources and responses of aquatic assemblages and ecosystem processes to anthropogenic disturbance. Methods and indicators have been or are in the process of being developed to monitor condition and characterize lakes, rivers, streams, headwater streams, and wetlands from reference settings to landscapes dominated by anthropological disturbances. The methods and indicators developed can be applied at multiple spatial and temporal scales to determine trends in aquatic condition using data from soil microbes to satellite imagery. This presentation provides an overview of the research conducted by the USEPA Ecosystems Research Branch, and will provide contact information of all the principle investigators and appropriate web sites for additional information.