Grantee Research Project Results

Integrated Assessment of Watersheds

EPA Grant Number: R828684C003
Subproject: this is subproject number 003 , established and managed by the Center Director under grant R828684
(EPA does not fund or establish subprojects; EPA awards and manages the overall grant for this center).
Center: Center for Integrated Multi‐scale Nutrient Pollution Solutions
Center Director: Shortle, James S.
Title: Integrated Assessment of Watersheds
Investigators: Brooks, Robert P. , Rheinhardt, Rick D. , Weller, Donald E. , Jordan, Thomas E. , Whigham, Dennis F. , Wardrop, Denice Heller , O'Connell, Timothy J. , Brinson, Mark M. , Hershner, Carl
Current Investigators: Brooks, Robert P. , Weller, Donald E. , Havens, Kirk , Brinson, Mark M. , Rheinhardt, Rick D. , Hite, Jeremy T. , King, Ryan , Easterling, Mary M. , Bishop, Joseph A. , Rubbo, Jennifer , Armstrong, Brian K. , Baker, Matthew , O'Brien, David
Institution: Pennsylvania State University , Virginia Institute of Marine Science , Smithsonian Environmental Research Center , East Carolina University
Current Institution: Pennsylvania State University , Smithsonian Environmental Research Center , East Carolina University , Virginia Institute of Marine Science
EPA Project Officer: Packard, Benjamin H
Project Period: March 1, 2001 through February 28, 2005 (Extended to February 28, 2006)
RFA: Environmental Indicators in the Estuarine Environment Research Program (2000) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Aquatic Ecosystems , Ecological Indicators/Assessment/Restoration , Water

Objective:

This is one of four subprojects under the Atlantic Slope Consortium (ASC) center. The objective of this project is to: (1) develop and test indicators of the biogeochemical health and integrity of watersheds; (2) relate those indicators to environmental conditions; (3) assess the predictability of landscape characteristics to indicator responses; and (4) use those predictions to characterize the effects of watershed discharges on downstream riverine and estuarine health.

Publications and Presentations:

Publications have been submitted on this subproject: View all 45 publications for this subproject | View all 166 publications for this center

Journal Articles:

Journal Articles have been submitted on this subproject: View all 6 journal articles for this subproject | View all 44 journal articles for this center

Supplemental Keywords:

ecological indicator, integrated assessment, aquatic ecosystem, wetland, stream, riparian, watershed, biological integrity, landscape ecology, scaling, geographic information systems, GIS, Mid-Atlantic, RFA, Ecosystem Protection/Environmental Exposure & Risk, Scientific Discipline, Geographic Area, Water, ECOSYSTEMS, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, Ecological Indicators, Ecological Risk Assessment, Mid-Atlantic, Ecosystem Protection, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Economics, estuarine research, Biology, Watersheds, Ecosystem/Assessment/Indicators, Aquatic Ecosystems, Ecological Monitoring, Hydrology, Water & Watershed, Ecology and Ecosystems, Risk Assessment, environmental indicators, integrated assessment, integrative indicators, submerged aquatic vegetation, aquatic biota , ecosystem assessment, socioeconomics, water quality, estuaries, bioindicator, coastal ecosystem, ecological assessment, coastal ecosystems, watershed assessment, Chesapeake Bay, ecosystem indicators, ecological exposure, environmental stress, remote sensing, estuarine ecosystems, ecology assessment models, land use, aquatic habitat, optical indicators, biomonitoring, degradation, Atlantic Slope Consortium, water sheds, biogeochemical study

Progress and Final Reports:

Main Center Abstract and Reports:

R828684 Center for Integrated Multi‐scale Nutrient Pollution Solutions

Subprojects under this Center: (EPA does not fund or establish subprojects; EPA awards and manages the overall grant for this center).
R828684C001 Integrated Assessment of Estuarine Ecosystems
R828684C002 Development of an Optical Indicator of Habitat Suitability for Submersed Aquatic Vegetation
R828684C003 Integrated Assessment of Watersheds
R828684C004 Socioeconomic and Institutional Research

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