Invertebrate Monitoring in the National Park System: Final Report of a Workshop Held 22-24 April 1992; University of Rhode Island
Ginsberg HS. 1993. Invertebrate Monitoring in the National Park System: Final Report of a Workshop Held 22-24 April 1992; University of Rhode Island. Technical Report NPS/NARURI/NRTR-93/02. National Park Service Coastal Research Center. Narragansett, Rhode Island
'The purpose of this report is to provide recommendations for specifIc steps that should be taken to initiate a program for inventory and monitoring of invertebrates in the National Park system, that will lay the groundwork for a Service wide program of invertebrate conservation in the National Parks.' Contents include: Executive summary; Introduction, most global biodiversity consists of invertebrates, invertebrates are 'movers' of ecosystem processes, invertebrates have unique value for scientific study, invertebrates can serve as sensitive indicators of ecosystem change, invertebrates can be used to monitor succession and longer-term ecological processes, invertebrate populations have important economic impacts, invertebrates have major impacts on public health; Goals and objectives, biodiversity monitoring sites, quality control, ongoing methods testing and development, continuity of knowledge, indicators of system 'health', remote sensing, species of special interest; Current state of knowledge; Recommendations, review and inventory historical information and collections, inventory current collection holdings, evaluate availability of reference materials, conduct targeted inventories and research on inventory methods, foster the use of outside talent and expertise, standardize data bases for inventory information, assess needs and offer training on invertebrates.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Ginsberg, Howard
- Date of Issue
- 1993
- Publisher
- National Park Service Coastal Research Center
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- Acadia National Park, Inventory & Monitoring