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MONITORING, MODELING, AND UNDERSTANDING CHANGES IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE ESTUARIES OF THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. AND GULF OF MEXICO COASTS
Citation:
Summers, J K. MONITORING, MODELING, AND UNDERSTANDING CHANGES IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE ESTUARIES OF THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. AND GULF OF MEXICO COASTS. Presented at 20th International Symposium of the North American Lake Management Society: NALMS 2000: Celebrating 20 Years of People Linking Lake and Watershed Management, Miami, FL, 8-10 Nov. 2000.
Description:
The purpose of the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program-Coastal Resources is to estimate the current status, extent, changes, and trends in ecological indicators of the condition of the nation's coastal resources (intertidal, subtidal, and offshore) on a regional and national basis. Monitoring activities, concurrent with modeling and effects research, occured in approximately 70% of the nation's estuarine waters and focus on suites of measurements describing the benthic community, the fish community, water quality, levels of sediment and tissue contamination, sediment toxicity, and SAV extent/condition.