Selecting indicators of marine ecosystem health : a conceptual framework and an operational procedure / prepared for the National Marine Indicators Working Group, Environment Canada and Fisheries and Oceans...: En3-8/9E-PDF

"Indicators are a means of translating and communicating scientifically credible information about trends in environmental health in a manner that is concise, easily understood, and easily used by decision-makers, non-specialists, and the public. This report lays out both a framework and a procedure for selecting indicators to track trends related to marine ecosystem health"--Executive summary, page v.

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Department/Agency Canada. Environment Canada, issuing body.
Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, issuing body.
Title Selecting indicators of marine ecosystem health : a conceptual framework and an operational procedure / prepared for the National Marine Indicators Working Group, Environment Canada and Fisheries and Oceans Canada ; prepared by Brian Smiley, David Thomas, Wayne Duvall, and Allen Eade.
Series title Occasional paper series ; no. 9
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) At head of title: State of the Environment Reporting.
Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada].
Includes bibliographical references (pages 16-17).
Includes summaries in English and French.
Publishing information Ottawa : Environment Canada = Environnement Canada, 1998.
Author / Contributor Smiley, Brian D., author.
Description 1 online resource (ix, 33 pages) : illustrations.
Catalogue number
  • En3-8/9E-PDF
Subject terms Marine ecosystem health -- Canada.
Environmental monitoring -- Canada.
Environmental indicators -- Canada.
Écosystèmes marins -- Santé -- Canada.
Environnement -- Surveillance -- Canada.
Indicateurs écologiques -- Canada.
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