Environmental Monitoring and Research Initiative: a Priority Activity for the Committee on Environmental and Natural Resources Donald PryorRosina BierbaumJerry Melillo OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 14
Environmental Data in Decision Making in EPA Regional Offices Stanley L. LaskowskiFrederick W. Kutz OriginalPaper Pages: 15 - 21
Development and Validation of Ecological Indicators: an ORD Approach William S. Fisher OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 28
A Zooplankton-N:P-Ratio Indicator for Lakes Richard S. StembergerEric K. Miller OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 51
Implications of Seasonal and Regional Abundance Patterns of Daphnia on Surface Water Monitoring and Assessment Frieda B. TaubCarmen D. Wiseman OriginalPaper Pages: 53 - 60
The Role of Biological Indicators in a State Water Quality Management Process Chris O. YoderEdward T. Rankin OriginalPaper Pages: 61 - 88
Maryland Biological Stream Survey: Development of a Fish Index of Biotic Integrity N. RothM. SoutherlandR. Morgan II OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 106
Diatom Indicators of Stream and Wetland Stressors in a Risk Management Framework R. Jan Stevenson OriginalPaper Pages: 107 - 118
The Occurrence and Impact of Sedimentation in Central Pennsylvania Wetlands Denice H. WardropRobert P. Brooks OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 130
Towards a Regional Index of Biological Integrity: the Example of Forested Riparian Ecosystems Robert P. BrooksTimothy J. O'ConnellLaura E. Jackson OriginalPaper Pages: 131 - 143
A Bird Community Index of Biotic Integrity for the Mid-Atlantic Highlands T.J. O'ConnellL. E. JacksonR. P. Brooks OriginalPaper Pages: 145 - 156
Acid Runoff Caused Fish Loss as an Early Warning of Forest Decline William E. SharpeMichael C. Demchik OriginalPaper Pages: 157 - 162
Forest Integrity at Anthropogenic Edges: Air Pollution Disrupts Bioindicators Marian G. GlennSara L. WebbMariette S. Cole OriginalPaper Pages: 163 - 169
Common Patterns of Ecosystem Breakdown Under Stress David J. RapportWalter G. WhitfordMikael Hildén OriginalPaper Pages: 171 - 178
Vegetation, Soil, and Animal Indicators of Rangeland Health Walter G. WhitfordAmrita G. De SoyzaKris M. Havstad OriginalPaper Pages: 179 - 200
Monitoring Changes in Stressed Ecosystems Using Spatial Patterns of Ant Communities Maliha S. NashWalter G. WhitfordKris Havstad OriginalPaper Pages: 201 - 210
Parasites of Fish as Indicators of Environmental Stress J.H. LandsbergB.A. BlakesleyP.R. Forstchen OriginalPaper Pages: 211 - 232
Relating Benthic Infaunal Community Structure to Environmental Variables in Estuaries using Nonmetric Multidimensional Scaling and Similarity Analysis G. McRaeD.K. CampT.L. Dix OriginalPaper Pages: 233 - 246
Seed Clam Growth: An Alternative Sediment Bioassay Developed During EMAP in the Carolinian Province Amy H. RingwoodCharles J. Keppler OriginalPaper Pages: 247 - 257
Benthic Biological Processes and EH as a Basis for a Benthic Index Wayne R. DavisAndrew F.J. DraxlerJoseph J. Vitaliano OriginalPaper Pages: 259 - 268
State of the Estuaries in the Mid-Atlantic Region of the United States J.F. PaulC.J. StrobelD.J. Cobb OriginalPaper Pages: 269 - 284
A Framework for a Delaware Inland Bays Environmental Classification Kent S. Price OriginalPaper Pages: 285 - 298
Maryland Biological Stream Survey: A State Agency Program to Assess the Impact of Anthropogenic Stresses on Stream Habitat Quality and Biota R. KlaudaP. KazyakJ. Chaillou OriginalPaper Pages: 299 - 316
Assessment of the Condition of Agricultural Lands in Five Mid-Atlantic States A. S. HellkampS. R. ShaferM. B. Tooley OriginalPaper Pages: 317 - 324
An Interactive, Spatial Inventory of Environmental Data in the Mid-Atlantic Region L.E. JacksonM.P. Gant OriginalPaper Pages: 325 - 329
Sediment Quality of Estuaries in the Southeastern U.S. Jeffrey L. HylandTimothy R. SnootsW. Leonard Balthis OriginalPaper Pages: 331 - 343
Evaluation of R-EMAP Techniques for the Measurement of Ecological Integrity of Streams in Washington State's Coast Range Ecoregion J. WhiteG. Merritt OriginalPaper Pages: 345 - 355
Site Access and Sample Frame Issues for R-EMAP Central Valley, California, Stream Assessment Robert K HallPeter HusbyMichiko Mares OriginalPaper Pages: 357 - 367
Linking Monitoring and Effects Research: EMAP's Intensive Site Network Program J. Kevin SummersKathy E. Tonnessen OriginalPaper Pages: 369 - 380
Determining the Causes of Benthic Condition Virginia D. EngleJ. Kevin Summers OriginalPaper Pages: 381 - 397
A Regional Analysis of Lake Acidification Trends for the Northeastern U.S., 1982-1994 John L. StoddardCharles T. DriscollJames H. Kellogg OriginalPaper Pages: 399 - 413
Regional Land Cover Characterization Using Landsat Thematic Mapper Data and Ancillary Data Sources J.E. VogelmannT.L. SohlD.M. Shaw OriginalPaper Pages: 415 - 428
Managing Scientific Data: the EMAP Approach Stephen S. HaleMelissa M. HughesJane L. Copeland OriginalPaper Pages: 429 - 440
Exploring Environmental Data in a Highly Immersive Virtual Reality Environment Dianne CookCarolina Cruz-NeiraJürgen Symanzik OriginalPaper Pages: 441 - 450
Prototyping a Vision for Inter-Agency Terrestrial Inventory and Monitoring: a Statistical Perspective Carol C. HouseJ. Jeffery GoebelAnthony R. Olsen OriginalPaper Pages: 451 - 463
Genetic Patterns as a Tool for Monitoring and Assessment of Environmental Impacts: the Example of Genetic Ecotoxicology Natalie M. BelfioreSusan L. Anderson OriginalPaper Pages: 465 - 479
Preliminary Studies on the Population Genetics of the Central Stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum) from the Great Miami River Basin, Ohio R. N. SilbigerS. A. ChristG. P. Toth OriginalPaper Pages: 481 - 495
Genetic Impact of Low-Dose Radiation on Human and Non-Human Biota in Chernobyl, Ukraine Natasha A. Maznik OriginalPaper Pages: 497 - 506
Human Carrying Capacity as an Indicator of Regional Sustainability J. David Yount OriginalPaper Pages: 507 - 509
The Ecological Footprint: an Indicator of Progress Toward Regional Sustainability Mathis WackernagelJ. David Yount OriginalPaper Pages: 511 - 529
Emergy Analysis of Human Carrying Capacity and Regional Sustainability: an Example Using the State of Maine Daniel E. Campbell OriginalPaper Pages: 531 - 569
Resource Use Rates and Efficiency as Indicators of Regional Sustainability: an Examination of Five Countries Jae-Young KoCharles A. S. HallLuis G. López Lemus OriginalPaper Pages: 571 - 593
Canada's Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network: Where we are at and Where we are Going Tom BrydgesAshok Lumb OriginalPaper Pages: 595 - 603