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Field inventory and monitoring
Repeated observation or sampling at a site, on a scheduled or event basis, for study and analysis. In general, this category excludes sampling programs in which materials are obtained in the field and brought back to a laboratory for study and analysis.
Subtopics:
Acoustic methods (30 items)
Borehole logging (5 items)
CTD measurement (1 items)
Ecosystem monitoring (71 items)
Electromagnetic surveying (10 items)
Handheld field spectroscopy (1 items)
Seismic methods (41 items)
Stream-gage measurement (110 items)
Telemetry (10 items)
Tiltmeter measurement (5 items)
Video monitoring (6 items)
Vocalization methods (1 items)
Animal and plant census (3 items)
Optical methods (3 items)
Gravimeter measurement (3 items)
Magnetometer measurement (1 items)
Tomography (1 items)

Ocean current measurement (1 items)
Ocean monitoring (29 items)
Volcano monitoring (11 items)
Weather monitoring (40 items)
Precipitation measurement (10 items)
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Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative [New Window]
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Biological resource status and trends: Field recording methods [New Window]
Information concerning status and trends of biological resources, focusing on field recording methods
PDF Buck Island Reef National Monument Sea Turtle Research Program: Sea turtle nesting research & monitoring protocols manual [New Window]
Manual for research program on the nesting habits of sea turtles of the Virgin Islands, with descriptions of species, nesting behavior, observation methods, record keeping, tagging, and tissue sample collection. (PDF file, 121 pp.)
Climate-Driven Ocean Changes Affect Estuaries [New Window]
Research findings and examples of application to real problems--Pacific Ocean cooling triggers phytoplankton blooms in San Francisco Bay.
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Use and function of dendrometer bands to make short-term repeated measurements of tree-stem growth. Photo illustrations of procedures and equipment.
Duration and current conditions graphs for selected Pennsylvania sites [New Window]
Plots of streamflow averages and ground water depths for selected hydrologic sites in Pennsylvania.
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