Adaptive Monitoring and Assessment for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan

by Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem

• ISBN13: 9780309088923
• ISBN10: 0309088925
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-06-01
• Publisher: Natl Academy Pr

Table of Contents

Executive Summary	1	(12)
Introduction	13	(6)
A Brief History of the Everglades	13	(3)
The Restoration Plan	16	(2)
Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan Goals	18	(1)
The Restoration Plan's Adaptive Management Strategy	19	(24)
Adaptive Assessment	19	(1)
Types of Adaptive Management	20	(1)
Restoration Goals and Targets	21	(2)
Restoring Species and Habitats or the Ecosystem?	23	(1)
Reconciling Targets with External Forces of Change	24	(1)
Achieving Compatibility of the Built and Natural Systems	25	(1)
Defining ``Ecological Health'' for the Everglades Ecosystem	26	(1)
Restoration Reference State	26	(2)
Conceptualizing the Human Dynamics of the Everglades Restoration	28	(1)
Learning Through Integrated Monitoring, Modeling, and Experimental Research	29	(2)
Monitoring in Support of Adaptive Management	31	(3)
Ecological Performance Measures	34	(4)
Experimental Research and Modeling	38	(1)
Model Refinement and Sensitivity Analyses	39	(1)
Scientific Feedback to Guide and Refine Implementation of the Restoration Plan	40	(3)
Additional Components of Monitoring	43	(4)
The Report Card	43	(2)
Regulatory Compliance Monitoring	45	(2)
Data Management and Products	47	(4)
Quality Assurance/Quality Control	47	(1)
Data and Information Management	48	(1)
Synthesis of Data	49	(2)
Conclusions and Recommendations	51	(4)
References	55	(6)
Appendix A -- Adaptive Assessment and Monitoring Workshop Agenda	61	(4)
Appendix B -- Members of the Water Science and Technology Board and Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology	65	(2)
Appendix C -- Biographical Sketches of the Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystems	67	(6)
Appendix D -- Acronym List	73	(2)
Appendix E -- Monitoring and Assessment Plan	75