Environmental monitoring and assessment of a Great River ecosystem: The Upper Missouri River pilot

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 103, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 21-40

  Schweiger, E William ^a   Bolgrien, David W ^b   Angradi, Ted R ^a   Kelly, John R ^b  

^a US Environmental Protection Agency Region 8   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological assessment; EMAP; Great rivers; Missouri River; Monitoring; Survey design

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTUARIES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RIVERS;

BIOTIC ENGINEERING; ECOLOGICAL MONITORING; GREAT RIVER ECOSYSTEMS (GRE); UPPER MISSOURI RIVER (UMR);

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; SURFACE WATER;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTUARY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GOVERNMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; METHODOLOGY; POLICY; REVIEW; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SAMPLING; STREAM (RIVER); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MONTANA; NORTH DAKOTA; POPULATION; RIVERS; SOUTH DAKOTA;

MISSOURI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 16344369616     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-1010-4     Document Type: Review

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