Statistical issues for monitoring ecological and natural resources in the United States

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-45

  Olsen, Anthony R ^a   Sedransk, Joseph ^b   Edwards, Don ^c   Gotway, Carol A ^d   Liggett, Walter ^e   Rathbun, Stephen ^f   Reckhow, Kenneth H ^g   Young, Linda J ^d  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological monitoring; Monitoring programs; Natural resource monitoring; Statistical design; Survey design

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; NATURAL RESOURCES; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURVEYS;

ECOLOGICAL MONITORING; NATURAL RESOURCES MONITORING;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COST; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032905641     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005823911258     Document Type: Review

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