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EVALUATION GUIDELINES FOR ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS (ABSTRACT)
Citation:
Jackson, L E., J C. Kurtz, AND W S. Fisher. EVALUATION GUIDELINES FOR ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS (ABSTRACT). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, 620/R-00/005g, 2000.
Description:
The U.S. EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) has developed a technical reference document to assist researchers and environmental managers in the selection and development of ecological indicators for monitoring environmental condition. Entitled Evaluation Guidelines for Ecological Indicators, this document is an expansion of previous EMAP efforts to advance the science of environmental monitoring and assessment. By presenting a standardized set of considerations for ecological indicators, the Evaluation Guidelines support research initiatives such as Coastal 2000, which addresses the ecological condition of the nation's estuaries, and Science to Achieve Results (STAR), ORD's competitive grants program. It also provides environmental managers at state and local levels with a useful tool for selecting appropriate indicators to characterize current ecological status and to track or predict significant changes in ecosystems.