Beyond data management: How ecoinformatics can benefit environmental monitoring programs

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 150, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 227-235

  Hale, Stephen S ^a   Hollister, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecoinformatics; Ecological databases; Environmental monitoring; Taxonomic databases; U.S. National Coastal Assessment

Indexed keywords

ECOINFORMATICS; ECOLOGICAL DATABASES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; TAXONOMIC DATABASES; U.S. NATIONAL COASTAL ASSESSMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; LANDFORMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

BIODIVERSITY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DATA MANAGEMENT; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SUSTAINABILITY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEAWATER; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60349100575     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0675-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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