Measuring Ecological Health

EMAP Director Mike McDonald has made available here for downloading or viewing a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation (~11.1Mb) on the Science of Measuring Ecological Health.

One may view this presentation slide by slide from the beginning or individually from the links below. Please note that clicking on any individual slide in the presentation will display an enlargement of that slide image suitable for printing ("File", Print"...) or downloading ("File", "Save As...").

1. Science of Measuring Ecological Health	16. Mid-Atlantic Highland Streams Assessment
2. Reporting on Ecosystem Health	17. MAHA Eco-regional Stream Health
3. ORD’s Approach for a Report Card	18. Potential Stream Stressors in MAHA
4. Measuring Environmental Progress	19. Western Pilot Streams
5. Ecological Health Determination	20. State Capacity Building for Streams
6. Why Use Biological Indicators?	21. More States Will Adopt this Approach
7. ORD’s Approach	22. Next Generation of Ecological Indicators
8. EMAP Goals	23. Importance of MRLC
9. EMAP Core Indicators	24. New and Improved Approaches
10. National Coastal Report Card Possible	25. Approach Supports GPRA
11.Gauging the Nation’s Coastal Condition	26. Current State of the Science
12.Draft National Coastal Condition Report	27. Short-term Ecological Health Reports
13.National Estuarine Condition Reporting	28. Establishing National Report Cards
14.Condition of Estuaries	29. Proposed Indicator Strategy
15.Report Card on Stream Condition Possible

Measuring Ecological Health

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