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BIOLOGICAL MONITORING OF MACROINVERTEGRATE COMMUNITIES TO ASSESS ACID DRAINGE (AMD)
Citation:
ROTMAN, R. M., R. LADIE, P. ODE, R. K. HALL, D. HIGGINS, AND P. HUSBY. BIOLOGICAL MONITORING OF MACROINVERTEGRATE COMMUNITIES TO ASSESS ACID DRAINGE (AMD). Presented at EPA 2005 Science Forum, Washington, DC, May 16 - 18, 2005.
Impact/Purpose:
There are four basic objectives of the project:
Demonstrate the application of a comparative landscape assessment in analyzing the vulnerability of surface and coastal water conditions to declines based on landscape conditions (as estimated by landscape indicators as demonstrated in the mid-Atlantic landscape atlas) in western environments;
Develop and apply landscape assessment approaches relative to specific issues, including an ability to prioritize the vulnerability of areas relative to the Clean Water Act 303(d) designations; Quantify relationships between landscape conditions (as measured by landscape indicators) and surface and coastal waters in the west to reduce the uncertainty in comparative landscape assessments, and issue-specific, landscape assessments (e.g., Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDLs);
Complete a west-wide, comparative landscape assessment relative to surface and coastal water vulnerability;
Transfer landscape assessment technologies to Regional Offices so that they can conduct landscape assessments at many scales.
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