Monitoring Program Design - Coastal Lagoons: Ecosystem Processes and Modeling for Sustainable Use and Development - page 303

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Monitoring
Program Design

Eugeniusz Andrulewicz and Boris Chubarenko

CONTENTS

7.1 Introduction
7.1.1 Definition of Environmental Monitoring
7.1.2 Objectives of Environmental Monitoring
7.1.3 Some Examples of Current Monitoring Programs
7.1.4 Issues Specific to Monitoring of Lagoons
7.2 Monitoring System Design
7.2.1 Monitoring for Meteorological
and Hydrodynamic Parameters
7.2.2 Monitoring for Physical Parameters
7.2.3 Monitoring for Chemical Parameters
7.2.4 Monitoring for Biological Parameters
7.2.5 Monitoring of Impact of Different Uses of Lagoons
7.3 Monitoring-Related Programs
7.3.1 Monitoring Guidelines and Quality Assurance Program
7.3.2 Data Formats and Data Banking
7.4 Relationship between Monitoring and Modeling
7.4.1 Perspective: Monitoring to Modeling
7.4.2 Perspective: Modeling to Monitoring
7.4.3 Short-Term Data Collection for Model Implementation
7.4.4 Model-Accompanied Current Data Supply
7.4.5 Practical Recommendations for the Design
of Short-Term Data Collection
7.5 Assessment of Monitoring Results and Forms of Presentation
7.6 Final Remarks and Conclusions
References

7.1 INTRODUCTION

Monitoring is the application of fundamental scientific methods of observation of
the environment. As a modern tool of water management, monitoring is deeply
rooted in science. It is the assessment method of comprehensive determination of
the current state of environmental conditions. Monitoring measures are for descrip-
tion rather than prediction; however, monitoring data are used for various purposes,
including prediction scenarios/modeling.