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EMAP WESTERN PILOT - COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS
Citation:
Summers, J K. EMAP WESTERN PILOT - COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA 620/R-00/005a.
Description:
The U.S. EPA Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) Western Pilot is a five-year effort led by EPA's Office of Research and Development to advance the science of ecosystem condition monitoring and to demonstrate the application of EMAP monitoring and assessment methods. It is intended to demonstrate the value of survey-based monitoring by applying these techniques to problems of Regional and State interest. The coastal portion of the EMAP Western Pilot will create an integrated, comprehensive coastal monitoring program along the West Coast to assess estuarine condition and develop the infrastructure in the EPA Regions and the states to implement this program. The coastal program is organized and managed by the National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory's Gulf Ecology Division (Gulf Breeze, FL).