The value of consistent methodology in long-term environmental monitoring

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 239-258

  Beard, G R ^a   Scott, W A ^b   Adamson, J K ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental change network; Environmental monitoring; Measurement error; Methodology; Soil survey

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SOIL SURVEYS;

MEASUREMENT ERRORS; SAMPLING; SOILS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; SOIL; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033083963     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005917929050     Document Type: Article

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