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Abstract #302746

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Activity Number: 503
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Thursday, August 11, 2005 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Environmental and Ecological Statistics
Abstract - #302746
Title: Development, Testing, and Application of Ecological and Socioeconomic Indicators for Integrated Assessment of Aquatic Ecosystems of the Atlantic Slope in the Mid-Atlantic States
Author(s): Denice H. Wardrop*+ and Ganapati P. Patil and Charles Taillie and Wayne L. Myers and Kent Thornton
Companies: Pennsylvania State Cooperative Wetlands Center and The Pennsylvania State University and The Pennsylvania State University and The Pennsylvania State University and FTN Associates LLC
Address: 302 Walker Building, University Park, PA, 16802,
Keywords: indicators ; hotspot ; mid-Atlantic ; aquatic systems
Abstract:

Most states in the mid-Atlantic are in the process of assessing the condition of their aquatic resources. However, their efforts encounter two major stumbling blocks to effective identification of impaired areas and their restoration. First, an impediment has been the lack of reliable ecological indicators effective at relevant management scales. Secondly, to interpret the meaning of any set of indicators, it is necessary to compare results of monitoring to a relevant and sustainable standard or benchmark (i.e., the best attainable condition for the region or landscape typesuch as an agricultural versus a forested watershed). The Atlantic Slope Consortium (ASC) is a project designed to address both these needs through the identification of appropriate standards and benchmarks and through the development and testing of a set of indicators that can be utilized on a scale relevant for management decisions. There are more than 40 indicators from the project characterized according to an indicator taxonomy; both the process and results of development, testing, and integration will be presented utilizing a variety of geosurveillance techniques.

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