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ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT PROGRAM RESEARCH STRATEGY, JULY 2002
Citation:
McDonald, M E. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT PROGRAM RESEARCH STRATEGY, JULY 2002. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA 620/R-02/002 (NTIS PB2005-110708), 2002.
Description:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) is a long-term research effort to enable status and trends assessments of aquatic ecosystems across the U.S. with known statistical confidence. Initiated in the late 1980's within the Office of Research and Development (ORD), EMAP has addressed the condition of estuaries, streams, and lakes in selected grographic regions, as well as examining the surrounding landscapes in which these resources occur. The program is progressing towards national demonstrations of monitoring science in these and other aquatic resources. EMAP's current scientific effort centers on removing the scientific barriers to application of our approach in diverse regional environments. Subsequently, we demonstrate these approaches and technologies in national assessments of resource codition, and lastly we transfer this capacity to States, Tribes, and Regions.