Integrating probabalistic and targeted compliance monitoring for comprehensive watershed assessment

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 144, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 117-129

  Stein, Eric D ^a   Bernstein, Brock ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

^b Independent Consultant   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient monitoring; Monitoring design; Probabilistic design; Regional monitoring; San Gabriel River; Targeted monitoring; Watershed monitoring

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; PROBABILITY; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; RIVERS; WATERSHEDS;

AMBIENT MONITORING; MONITORING DESIGN; PROBABILISTIC DESIGN; REGIONAL MONITORING; SAN GABRIEL RIVER; TARGETED MONITORING; WATERSHED MONITORING;

DESIGN;

RIVER WATER;

COMPLIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROBABILITY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; RIVER; SPECIES HABITAT; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN GABRIEL RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51649095900     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9950-5     Document Type: Article

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