Title A review of the biomonitoring of environmental status and trends program : the draft detailed plan / Committee to Review the Department of the Interior's Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends Program, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission to Review the Department of the Interior's Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends Program, National Research Council

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 74 pages) : illustrations Contents A Review of the Biomonitoring o Environmental Status and Trends Program: The Draft Detailed Plan -- Copyright -- Other Recent Reports of the Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- OVERVIEW OF THE FWS BIOMONITORING OF ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS AND TRENDS PROGRAM -- THREE KEY ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM -- COMMITTEE'S EVALUATION OF THE PROGRAM'S DETAILED PLAN -- SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS -- Problem Identification -- Causality -- Management -- CONCLUSION -- 1 Introduction THE BIOMONITORING OF ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS AND TRENDS PROGRAMWhat Is the Program? -- What are the Goals of the Program? -- How Will the Program Achieve Its Goals? -- What Is the Schedule for Implementation of the Program? -- WHAT ABOUT MONITORING PROGRAMS AT OTHER AGENCIES? -- HISTORY OF TOXIC-SUBSTANCE PROGRAMS AT FWS -- Toxic-Substance Concerns with Respect to FWS Trust Resources -- Pesticide-Contamination Programs -- Resource-Assessment Programs -- Evaluations of FWS Contamination Programs -- MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN THE PROGRAM PURPOSE OF THIS NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL STUDY2 Problem Identification -- HOW DOES THE PROGRAM ADDRESS PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION? -- WILL THE PROGRAM BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY PROBLEMS WELL ENOUGH AND EARLY ENOUGH TO BE USEFUL IN RELATION ... -- Identifying Problems -- Issues of Scale -- Proposed Indicators and Methods on Trust Lands -- Ability to Detect Emerging Problems -- Information Integration and Use in Decision-Making -- Ecological Action Levels -- Collecting and Analyzing the Data -- Problem Identification for Trust Species WILL THE PROGRAM BE ABLE TO DEVELOP INFORMATION TO DETERMINE WHICH TRUST RESOURCES ARE DETERIORATING�Status and Trends on Trust Lands -- Status and Trends of Key-Species Habitats -- CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- 3 Causality -- HOW DOES THE PROGRAM ADDRESS CAUSALITY? -- WILL THE PROGRAM BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY CAUSES OF OBSERVED CHANGES? -- Risk Assessment and Prediction -- Causal Inference -- Statistical Design and Data Collection -- Tiered Approach -- Validation -- EXAMPLES OF ASSESSMENTS OF CAUSES -- Models -- Pilot Studies WILL THE PROGRAM PERMIT THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE TO DISTINGUISH THE IMPACTS OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES ... CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- 4 Management -- MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN THE PROGRAM -- ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE -- Evaluation -- Recommendations -- PARTNERSHIPS -- Evaluation -- Recommendations -- DATA MANAGEMENT -- Evaluation -- Recommendations -- OUTREACH -- Evaluation -- Recommendations -- PROGRAM PHASING AND DEVELOPMENT -- Evaluation -- Recommendations -- COST EFFECTIVENESS -- Evaluation -- Recommendations -- CONCLUSIONS Notes Committee chair: Diana W. Freckman This project was supported by the Department of the Interior under contract #14-48-0009-93-016 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 68-70) Notes Print version record Subject Environmental monitoring -- United States Wildlife monitoring -- United States Fishes -- Monitoring -- United States SCIENCE -- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry -- Environmental) NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness. NATURE -- Ecology. SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology. Environmental monitoring Fishes -- Monitoring Wildlife monitoring United States Form Electronic book Author Freckman, Diana W. National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Review the Department of the Interior's Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends Program National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology. National Research Council (U.S.). Commission to Review the Department of the Interior's Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends Program ISBN 0309585759 9780309585750

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