Title Ecological indicators for the nation / Committee to Evaluate Indicators for Monitoring Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology [and] Water Science and Technology Board, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, ©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 180 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Scales and Applicability of Indicators -- Criteria for Evaluating Indicators -- The Committee's Conceptual Model for Choosing Indicators -- Policy Perspectives -- The Recommended Indicators -- Timing and Cost of Implementing the Committee's Recommendations -- Local and Regional Indicators -- Care and Handling of Environmental Data -- Research -- Why Are Ecological Indicators Needed? -- Key Ecological Processes and Products That People Value -- Establishing Baselines to Evaluate Trends -- Evaluating Indicators -- Realistic Expectations about the Value of Indicators -- The Empirical and Conceptual Foundations of Indicators -- Scientific Underpinnings of Indicators -- Using Multiple Approaches -- Historical and Paleoecological Data As Aids to Indicator Development -- Sources of Information about Current Ecological Processes -- Models to Assess Ecosystem Functioning -- The Committee's Conceptual Model for Choosing Indicators -- A Framework for Indicator Selection -- Criteria for Evaluating Indicators -- Information Handling and Calibration -- Data Quality Control, Archiving, and Assignment of Responsibilities -- Use of the Committee Framework -- Indicators for National Ecological Assessments -- The Extent and Status of the Nation's Ecosystems -- Indicators of Ecological Capital: A. Biotic Raw Materials -- Indicators of Ecological Capital: B. Abiotic Raw Materials -- Indicators of the Performance of the Nation's Ecosystems -- Indicators of Nutrient-Use Efficiency and Nutrient Balances in Agroecosystems -- Research Needs Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-148) and index Notes Print version record Subject Indicators (Biology) Environmental monitoring. Environmental Monitoring SCIENCE -- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry -- Environmental) POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy. Environmental monitoring Indicators (Biology) Form Electronic book Author National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Evaluate Indicators for Monitoring Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments. National Research Council (U.S.). Water Science and Technology Board. LC no. 00008009 ISBN 0585256373 9780585256375 9780309068451 0309068452

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