Table of Contents

Conceptual Basis. Integrated Data Management. Using Multimedia Risk Models. Basic Concepts and Applications. Assessment of Long-Term Changes in Pollutant Concentrations. Atmospheric Monitoring. Surface Water Quality Monitoring. Groundwater Monitoring. Groundwater Monitoring Networks at Landfills. Measuring Terrestrial Systems. Forest Health Monitoring Indicators. Landscape Monitoring. Nonsampling Errors in Ocular Assessments. Tree-Ring Analysis. Uranium, Thorium and Potassium in Soils. Contaminants at a Superfund Site. Statistical Methods. Geostatistical Approaches. Variance and its Effect on Power Analyses. Quality Assurance. Patchy Distribution Fields. Monitoring Assessment and Environmental Policy. Watershed-based Assessment Tools. Bioindicators. Biological Indicators in Environmental Monitoring Programs. Judging Survey Quality in Biomonitoring. Major Monitoring Networks. Transition Under Resource-Limited Conditions. EPA Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program. U.S. Forest Health Monitoring Program. Clean Air Status Trends Network (CASTNet). EPA's Regional Vulnerability Assessment Program.

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G. Bruce Wiersma

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