Importance of data management in a long-term biological monitoring program

Environmental Management

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1112-1124

  Christensen, Sigurd W ^a   Brandt, Craig C ^b   McCracken, Mary K ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archival; Biomonitoring; Data management; Long term

Indexed keywords

ARCHIVAL; BIOLOGICAL DATA; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOMONITORING; CENTRAL SYSTEMS; DATA TABLES; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING; HIGH QUALITY; LONG TERM ANALYSIS; LONG-TERM; RELATIONAL DATABASE; SAMPLING SITE; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATIONS;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLING;

DATA HANDLING;

ABATEMENT COST; BIOMONITORING; DATA MANAGEMENT; DATA QUALITY; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; REMEDIATION;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DATA EXTRACTION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH PROGRAM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE DATABASE; SAMPLING;

ARCHIVES; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79959379989     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9576-1     Document Type: Article

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