Environmental Monitoring / Edition 1

by G. Bruce Wiersma

Overview

The current rate and scale of environmental change around the world makes the detection and understanding of these changes increasingly urgent. Subsequently, government legislation is focusing on measurable results of environmental programs, requiring researchers to employ effective and efficient methods for acquiring high-quality data.

Environmental Monitoring is the first book to bring together the conceptual basis behind all monitoring activities with specific approaches to the monitoring of air, water, and land. Coverage includes integrated monitoring at the landscape level, as well as case studies of existing monitoring programs. The book focuses on pollution issues and impacts resulting from human activities and includes results from monitoring efforts carried out in various countries on several continents. The multinational makeup of the contributors and the cases presented gives the book worldwide relevance.

Academics in all fields relating to environmental monitoring, as well as governmental agency employees and supporting contractor agencies, will find this book a comprehensive and useful reference.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781566706414
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/27/2004
Pages:	790
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Conceptual Basis. Integrated Data Management. Using Multimedia Risk Models. Basic Concepts and Applications. Assessment of Long-Term Changes in Pollutant Concentrations. Atmospheric Monitoring. Surface Water Quality Monitoring. Groundwater Monitoring. Groundwater Monitoring Networks at Landfills. Measuring Terrestrial Systems. Forest Health Monitoring Indicators. Landscape Monitoring. Nonsampling Errors in Ocular Assessments. Tree-Ring Analysis. Uranium, Thorium and Potassium in Soils. Contaminants at a Superfund Site. Statistical Methods. Geostatistical Approaches. Variance and its Effect on Power Analyses. Quality Assurance. Patchy Distribution Fields. Monitoring Assessment and Environmental Policy. Watershed-based Assessment Tools. Bioindicators. Biological Indicators in Environmental Monitoring Programs. Judging Survey Quality in Biomonitoring. Major Monitoring Networks. Transition Under Resource-Limited Conditions. EPA Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program. U.S. Forest Health Monitoring Program. Clean Air Status Trends Network (CASTNet). EPA's Regional Vulnerability Assessment Program.

Editorial Reviews

"…useful for students, academics, and those involved in monitoring…"
Southeastern Naturalist, Issue 4/3, 2005

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