Environmental benchmarks vs. ecological benchmarks for assessment and monitoring in Canada: Is there a difference?

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 100, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Wiersma, Yolanda F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Ecological benchmarks; Environmental assessment; Environmental benchmarks; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BENCHMARKING; ECOLOGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATER QUALITY;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL BENCHMARKS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENCHMARKS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

AIR QUALITY; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; WATER QUALITY;

ADAPTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ARTICLE; CANADA; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POLLUTION MONITORING; QUALITY CONTROL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CANADA; DATA COLLECTION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 18444396248     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-7055-6     Document Type: Article

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