The information cycle as a framework for defining information goals for water-quality monitoring

Environmental Management

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 229-239

  Timmerman, Jos G ^a   Ottens, Janneke J ^a   Ward, Robert C ^b  

^a INST INLAND WATER MGMT WASTE W   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Information needs; Monitoring systems design; Water quality monitoring

Indexed keywords

MONITORING SYSTEMS DESIGN;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MONITORING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

WATER QUALITY;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MONITORING; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0033959786     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002679910018     Document Type: Article

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