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ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT PROGRAM AGROECOSYSTEM MONITORING AND RESEARCH STRATEGY
Citation:
Heck, W., C. Campbell, A. Finkner, G. Hess, S. Peck, J. Rawlings, AND J. Meyer. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT PROGRAM AGROECOSYSTEM MONITORING AND RESEARCH STRATEGY. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/4-91/013.
Description:
The monitoring program described in this document is one component of the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP), a national program administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Research and Development. or EMAP, agroecosystems are defined as land used for crops, pasture and livestock; the adjacent uncultivated land that supports other vegetation (hedgerows, woodlots, etc. and wildlife; and the associated atmosphere, underlying soils, groundwater, and drainage networks (first and second order streams,, ponds, and irrigation drainage networks). rogram to monitor and evaluate the long-term status and trends of the nation's agricultural resources from an ecological perspective through an integrated, interagency program will be developed and implemented. hen fully implemented, the program will: ) estimate the current status, extent, changes and trends in indicators of agroecosystem condition on a regional basis with your known confidence; 2) monitor indicators of pollutant exposure and habitat quality and seek associations between anthropogenic stresses and agroecosystem condition; and 3) provide periodic statistical summaries and interpretive reports on agroecosystem condition to the public, the scientific community, and to policy-makers. he program is designed to complement existing monitoring efforts such as those conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Commerce.