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Estuarine
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Indicators
The EaGLe Centers are developing a variety of indicators of coastal environmental condition that best meet the most pressing needs of their particular coast. Indicator types range from the cellular and molecular (bioinformatics) to populations and communities, and from site-based measures of contaminants to remotely sensed indicators using satellites.
Overview
of an integrated index of environmental stressors for the U.S.
Great Lakes coastline |
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Overview of Cheasapeake Bay area indicators from the Atlantic Slope group (1.3 Mb PDF file) |
Overview of Atlantic estuaries indicators from the Atlantic coastal estuaries group (1.5 Mb PDF file) |
Compare indicators among EaGLe Centers
Indicator Development Resources:
EPA's Jackson et al. document: Laura Jackson, Janis Kurtz and William Fisher (eds.). 2000. Evaluation Guidelines for Ecological Indicators (2 Mb PDF)
EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Report (final version): Framework for Assessing and Reporting Ecological Condition (1.4 mb PDF); executive summary (1 Mb PDF)
Download a blank SAB indicator framework table (Excel 2000 file, 20 kb)
EPA MAIA Lessons Learned Report: Fore, Leska S. 2003. Developing Biological Indicators: Lessons Learned from Mid-Atlantic Streams. EPA 903/R-003/003. (PDF, 1.3 Mb)
EPA Biological Assessment of Wetlands Workgroup (BAWWG) resources: 12 of 20 planned modules on Methods for Evaluating Wetland Condition are now available as downloadable PDF files (link to EPA website)
STAR grants
EaGLe program coordinator and webmaster: