Northern Colorado Plateau vital signs network and prototype cluster, plan for natural resources monitoring, phase I report
Evenden A, Miller M, Beer M, Nance E, Daw S, Wight A, Estenson M, Cudlip L. 2002. Northern Colorado Plateau vital signs network and prototype cluster, plan for natural resources monitoring, phase I report. National Park Service, Inventory and Monitoring Program, Northern Colorado Plateau Network. Moab, UT
The Northern Colorado Plateau Network (NCPN) monitoring plan is being developed over a multi-year period following specific guidance from the National Park Service. Networks are required to document monitoring planning progress in three distinct phases and to follow a standardized reporting outline. This Phase I report emphasizes work on the Introduction, Background and Conceptual Models portion of the plan. It also presents the NCPN framework and approach to vital signs and prototype monitoring planning and a summary of work accomplished to date. Finally, the Phase I report summarizes existing information on NPS and related natural resource monitoring programs within the network, presents an overview of biological and physical resources of network parks, describes monitoring goals and needs, and presents a theoretical framework with conceptual models for guiding future efforts.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Evenden, Angie; Miller, Mark; Beer, Margaret; Nance, Elizabeth; Daw, Sonya; Wight, Aneth; Estenson, Mike; Cudlip, Lynn
- Date of Issue
- 2002-10-01
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Inventory and Monitoring Program, Northern Colorado Plateau Network
- Units
- ARCH , BLCA , BRCA , CANY , CARE , CEBR , COLM , CURE , DINO , FOBU , GOSP , HOVE , NABR , NCPN , PISP , TICA , ZION
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Aquatic Studies, Atmospheric Sciences, Database/information systems, GIS, Inventory, Management, Monitoring, Paleontology, Physical Sciences, Plant Studies, Soundscape