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U.S. EPA'S ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT PROGRAM - AN ECOLOGICAL STATUS AND TRENDS PROGRAM
Citation:
Paul, J., A. Holland, S. Schimmel, J. Summers, AND K. Scott. U.S. EPA'S ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT PROGRAM - AN ECOLOGICAL STATUS AND TRENDS PROGRAM. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-90/548 (NTIS PB92121292), 1990.
Description:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is initiating an Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) to monitor the status and trends of the Nation's near-coastal waters, forests, freshwater wetlands, surface waters, agroecosystems, deserts, and rangelands. his program is also intended to evaluate the effectiveness of EPA policies in protecting the ecological resources of these systems. he monitoring data collected for all ecosystems will be integrated for national status and trends assessments. he near-coastal component of EMAP consists of four ecosystem categories: stuaries, wetlands, coastal waters, and the Great Lakes. he near-coastal ecosystems have been regionalized and classified, an integrated sampling strategy has been designed, and quality-control procedures and data-base management designs will be implemented. emonstration project will be conducted in the Virginian biogeographic province in 1990, followed by a full-scale national implementation. MAP will characterize national ecological resources to establish a baseline for monitoring and assessment. he characterization strategy involves the application of remote-sensing technology to obtain high-resolution data on selected sample sites and lower resolution data over broad geographic areas.