Performance of Ontario's Benthos Biomonitoring Network: Impacts on participants' social capital, environmental action, and problem-solving ability

Environments

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-53

  Jones, F Chris ^a   Baird, Donald ^b   Bowman, Michelle ^c   Cameron, Graham ^d   Craig, Brian ^e   Cutler, Brad ^f   Diamond, Joshua ^g,h   Dmytrow, Nicole ^a,i   Nicol, Martha ⁱ   Parker, Jim ⁱ   Pascoe, Timothy ^j   Vaughan, Hague ^k,l   Whitelaw, Graham ^j  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Kawartha Highlands Signature Site Park   (Canada)

^e Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^g Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority   (Canada)

^h BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^k DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Biomonitoring; Environmental action; Ontario; Problem solving; Social capital

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 34247863743     PISSN: 07116780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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