Ecosystem Monitoring

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-008947",
  "term": "Ecosystem Monitoring",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "The establishment and operation of appropriate devices, methods, systems, and procedures necessary to monitor, compile, and analyze data on the current condition of various biological communities, e.g. wetlands, in the environment and on what stressors are most clearly associated with that condition.",
  "references": [
    "Adapted from Monitoring and Assessment at http://water.epa.gov/grants_funding/wetlands/monitoring.cfm and from Office of Research and Development, Ecological Research Strategy at http://www.epa.gov/research/htm/documents/eco.pdf"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/ecosystem-monitoring/"
}