附註:Committee chair: Diana W. Freckman.
This project was supported by the Department of the Interior under contract #14-48-0009-93-016.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 68-70).
A Review of the Biomonitoring o Environmental Status and Trends Program: The Draft Detailed Plan -- Copyright -- Other Recent Reports of the Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- OVERVIEW OF THE FWS BIOMONITORING OF ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS AND TRENDS PROGRAM -- THREE KEY ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM -- COMMITTEE'S EVALUATION OF THE PROGRAM'S DETAILED PLAN -- SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS -- Problem Identification -- Causality -- Management -- CONCLUSION -- 1 Introduction
THE BIOMONITORING OF ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS AND TRENDS PROGRAMWhat Is the Program? -- What are the Goals of the Program? -- How Will the Program Achieve Its Goals? -- What Is the Schedule for Implementation of the Program? -- WHAT ABOUT MONITORING PROGRAMS AT OTHER AGENCIES? -- HISTORY OF TOXIC-SUBSTANCE PROGRAMS AT FWS -- Toxic-Substance Concerns with Respect to FWS Trust Resources -- Pesticide-Contamination Programs -- Resource-Assessment Programs -- Evaluations of FWS Contamination Programs -- MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN THE PROGRAM
PURPOSE OF THIS NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL STUDY2 Problem Identification -- HOW DOES THE PROGRAM ADDRESS PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION? -- WILL THE PROGRAM BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY PROBLEMS WELL ENOUGH AND EARLY ENOUGH TO BE USEFUL IN RELATION ... -- Identifying Problems -- Issues of Scale -- Proposed Indicators and Methods on Trust Lands -- Ability to Detect Emerging Problems -- Information Integration and Use in Decision-Making -- Ecological Action Levels -- Collecting and Analyzing the Data -- Problem Identification for Trust Species
WILL THE PROGRAM BE ABLE TO DEVELOP INFORMATION TO DETERMINE WHICH TRUST RESOURCES ARE DETERIORATING�Status and Trends on Trust Lands -- Status and Trends of Key-Species Habitats -- CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- 3 Causality -- HOW DOES THE PROGRAM ADDRESS CAUSALITY? -- WILL THE PROGRAM BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY CAUSES OF OBSERVED CHANGES? -- Risk Assessment and Prediction -- Causal Inference -- Statistical Design and Data Collection -- Tiered Approach -- Validation -- EXAMPLES OF ASSESSMENTS OF CAUSES -- Models -- Pilot Studies
WILL THE PROGRAM PERMIT THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE TO DISTINGUISH THE IMPACTS OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES ... CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- 4 Management -- MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN THE PROGRAM -- ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE -- Evaluation -- Recommendations -- PARTNERSHIPS -- Evaluation -- Recommendations -- DATA MANAGEMENT -- Evaluation -- Recommendations -- OUTREACH -- Evaluation -- Recommendations -- PROGRAM PHASING AND DEVELOPMENT -- Evaluation -- Recommendations -- COST EFFECTIVENESS -- Evaluation -- Recommendations -- CONCLUSIONS
