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CLASSIFICATION FRAMEWORK FOR COASTAL SYSTEMS
Citation:
Burgess, R, C A. Chancy, D E. Campbell, N E. Detenbeck, V D. Engle, B. H. Hill, K Ho, M A. Lewis, J C. Kurtz, T J. NorbergKing, M C. Pelletier, K T. Perez, L M. Smith, AND V M. Snarski. CLASSIFICATION FRAMEWORK FOR COASTAL SYSTEMS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, 600/R-04/061, 2004.
Impact/Purpose:
to provide tools to simplify diagnosis of the causes of biological impairment
Description:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Classification Framework for Coastal Systems. EPA/600/R-04/061. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Atlantic Ecology Division, Narragansett, RI, Gulf Ecology Division, Gulf Breeze, FL, and Mid-Continent Ecology Division, Duluth, MN. 69 p.
This report contains initial results from the Diagnostics Committee, produced under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Aquatic Stressors Framework (USEPA, 2002a). The goal of Diagnostics Research is to provide tools to simplify diagnosis of the causes of biological impairment, in support of State and Tribe 303(d) impaired waters lists. The Diagnostics Workgroup has developed conceptual models for four major aquatic stressors that cause impairment: nutrients, suspended and bedded sediments, toxics, and altered habitat. The conceptual models form the basis for classification of aquatic systems according to their sensitivity to these stressors. The proposed classification framework should enable a more refined approach for quantifying stressor-response relationships over broad geographical scales.
Contributors: Robert Burgess, AED, Cynthia Chancy, GED, Daniel Campbell, AED, Naomi E. Detenbeck, MED, Virginia D. Engle, GED, Brian Hill, MED, Kay Ho, AED, Michael Lewis, GED, Janis C. Kurtz, GED, Teresa Norberg-King, MED, Peg Pelletier, AED, Kenneth Perez, AED, Lisa Smith, GED, and Virginia Snarski, MED.