Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation for the Federal Columbia River Estuary Program

Johnson, Gary E. ; Diefenderfer, Heida L. ; Ebberts, Blaine D. ; Tortorici, Cathy ; Yerxa, Tracey ; Leary, J. ; Skalski, John R.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S.)

关键词: Research Programs;    Columbia River;    Monitoring;    Estuary;    Remedial Action;   

DOI  :  10.2172/926114
RP-ID  :  PNNL-17300
RP-ID  :  AC05-76RL01830
RP-ID  :  926114

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The purpose ofthis document is to describe research, monitoring, and evaluation (RME) for the Federal Columbia River Estuary Program. The intent of this RME effort is to provide data and information to evaluate progress toward meeting program goals and objectives and support decision-making in the Estuary Program. The goal of the Estuary Program is to understand, conserve, and restore the estuary ecosystem to improve the performance of listed salmonid populations. The Estuary Program has five general objectives, designed to fulfill the program goal, as follows. 1. Understand the primary stressors affecting ecosystem controlling factors, such as ocean conditions and invasive species. 2. Conserve and restore factors controlling ecosystem structures and processes, such as hydrodynamics and water quality. 3. Increase the quantity and quality of ecosystem structures, i.e., habitats, juvenile salmonids use during migration through the estuary. 4. Maintain the food web to benefit salmonid performance. 5. Improve salmonid performance in terms of life history diversity, foraging success, growth, and survival. The goal of estuary RME is to provide pertinent and timely research and monitoring information to planners, implementers, and managers of the Estuary Program. In conclusion, the estuary RME effort is designed to meet the research and monitoring needs of the estuary Program using an adaptive management process. Estuary RME's success and usefulness will depend on the actual conduct of adaptive management, as embodied in the objectives, implrementation, data, reporting, and synthesis, evaluation, and decision-making described herein.