Managing troubled waters : the role of marine environmental monitoring / / Committee on a Systems Assessment of Marine Environmental Monitoring, Marine Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 1990
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 125 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 363.73/9463/0973
• Soggetto topico: Water quality management - Government policy - United States; Water quality monitoring stations - United States; Marine pollution - United States - Measurement; Marine pollution - Law and legislation - United States
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 The Role of Monitoring in Environmental Management; 5 3 Strengthening Regional and National Monitoring; 6 4 Designing and Implementing Monitoring Programs; 7 5 Conclusions and Recommendations; 8 References; 9 Appendix A: Biographical Information; 10 Appendix B: A Conceptual Model of Marine Environmental Monitoring; 11 Appendix C: Participants in Case Studies; 12 Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Presents an overview of marine monitoring, providing information and a model for revamping the nation's marine monitoring apparatus. This work explores monitoring programs and whether or not they work; the benefits and limitations of monitoring; and the critical need for greater coordination among local, regional, and national monitoring programs.
• Titolo autorizzato: Managing troubled waters
• ISBN: 1-280-21278-0; 9786610212781; 0-309-57173-1; 0-585-14240-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778787303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II