Designing Ecological Surveillance Programs
Ecological Dynamics / Whole Systems Approaches
Indicators for Australian natural resources
This is a comprehensive summary of indicators of natural resource health in Australia including land salinity, soil condition, native vegetation communities, rivers/wetlands and estuaries. Click on an indicator and pages of supplementary material become available. (Natural Resource Management Australia)
Ecosystem Health Monitoring (QLD)
Ecological Indicators for the Nation (USA) (e-book)
Measures of Environmental Performance and Ecosystem Condition (e-book)
Adaptive Monitoring and Assessment for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (e-book)
Measuring Water Quality
A toolkit for water quality monitoring for Local Government (WSROC)
A wide-ranging toolkit covering many possible measures of aquatic ecosystem health, with links to many other online resources.
Water Quality Monitoring Manual
This site is mainly intended for participants in the Water Watch program in Victoria, however it contains a great deal of information on methods and process that are applicable to most monitoring programs. A good introduction. (Water Watch Victoria)
Bioindicators
Introduction to bioindicators
A good description of what bioindicators are, how they are used, and why they are useful to ecosystem managers (Arizona State University)
Using marine plants as bioindicators
A more technical introduction to the use of aquatic vegetation as a bioindicator including how to develop, field test and sample (University of Queensland)
Bioindicators of catchment health
This is a good site from the USEPA. There is a large amount of detail behind each of the headings which will guide you through the use of bioindicators, key indicator species (including invertebrates and fish) and bioindicator assessment (US EPA)
