LEADER 03255oam 2200433Ia 450 001 9910697389803321 005 20080829132933.0 035 $a(CKB)5470000002387030 035 $a(OCoLC)232364654 035 $a(EXLCZ)995470000002387030 100 $a20080620d2008 ua 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||a|||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe Delaware River Basin Collaborative Environmental Monitoring and Research Initiative$b[electronic resource] $efoundation document /$fedited by: Peter S. Murdoch ; Jennifer C. Jenkins ; Richard A. Birdsey 210 1$aNewtown Square, PA :$cU.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station,$d[2008] 215 $a93 pages $cdigital, PDF file 225 1 $aGeneral technical report NRS ;$v25 300 $aTitle from title screen (viewed on June 20, 2008). 300 $a"March 2008." 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 84-93). 330 3 $aIn 1998 the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the National Park Service formed the Collaborative Environmental Monitoring and Research Initiative (CEMRI) to test strategies for integrated environmental monitoring among the agencies. The initiative combined monitoring and research efforts of the participating Federal programs to evaluate health and sustainability of forest and freshwater aquatic systems in the Delaware River Basin. Forest ecosystem health issues addressed by the CEMRI effort include urbanization and forest fragmentation, productivity and carbon sequestration, nitrogen saturation and calcium depletion, vulnerability to exotic insects, and the effects of interactions among these factors. Ongoing monitoring programs were enhanced with supplemental sampling locations and measurements, and models were developed or modified to associate intensive process-level information with extensive landscape-scale information from satellite, aerial, and ground monitoring systems. The CEMRI project illustrates a powerful approach for integrated tracking of environmental conditions, development of models for predicting responses of forest and aquatic processes to perturbations, estimation of future forest conditions, and identification of threats to watershed health and forest sustainability. This paper discusses the development of the CEMRI in the DRB and methods to address environmental issues across multiple spatial and temporal scales. 517 $aDelaware River Basin Collaborative Environmental Monitoring and Research Initiative 606 $aEnvironmental monitoring$zDelaware River Watershed (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) 607 $aDelaware River Watershed (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) 615 0$aEnvironmental monitoring 701 $aMurdoch$b Peter S$01387534 701 $aJenkins$b Jennifer C$g(Jennifer Caroline)$0188206 701 $aBirdsey$b Richard A$01384190 712 02$aUnited States.$bForest Service.$bNorthern Research Station. 801 0$bORE 801 1$bORE 801 2$bGPO 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910697389803321 996 $aThe Delaware River Basin Collaborative Environmental Monitoring and Research Initiative$93437483 997 $aUNINA