Trends, challenges, and responses of a 20-year, volunteer water monitoring program in Alabama

Ecology and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Deutsch, William G ^a   Ruiz Córdova, Sergio S ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen science; Community based monitoring; Program sustainability; Public participation in scientific research; Volunteer water monitoring

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; VOLUNTARY APPROACH; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALABAMA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84943152134     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-07578-200314     Document Type: Article

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