Principles for the monitoring and evaluation of wetland extent, condition and function in Australia

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 595-606

  Saintilan, Neil ^a   Imgraben, Sarah ^b  

^a OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^b Environment Water and Communities ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Australia; Indicators; Monitoring; Thresholds; Variable; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ASSESSMENT; AUSTRALIA; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; MANAGEMENT GOALS; MANAGEMENT PLANS; MONITORING PROGRAMMES; PILOT SURVEYS; RESOURCE CONDITIONS; STATISTICAL POWER; SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENTS; THRESHOLDS; VARIABLE; WETLAND ECOSYSTEM;

ECOSYSTEMS; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MONITORING; SAMPLING;

WETLANDS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMEDIATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOREMEDIATION; CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); HYDROLOGY; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; STRATEGIC PLANNING; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WETLAND;

AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WETLANDS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 82255175437     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2405-z     Document Type: Article

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