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Vital Signs Monitoring

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Monitoring Plan

The Monitoring Plan has been completed and approved. Comments are welcomed, and should be directed to the Great Lakes Network Coordinator.


Entire Monitoring Plan	The entire Monitoring Plan is in zipped format, includes the supplemental and technical documents, and is about 8.2 MB. This report includes additions/changes to the Phase III report. Choose Save when prompted and save the file locally to your computer before opening. Individual chapters and sections (below) can also be viewed/downloaded. The Monitoring Plan in pdf format without the supplemental documents is available here.

Executive Summary	Executive Summary
Chapter 1	Introduction & Background
Chapter 2	Conceptual Ecological Models
Chapter 3	Vital Signs
Chapter 4	Sampling Design
Chapter 5	Sampling Protocols
Chapter 6	Data Management and Archiving
Chapter 7	Data Analysis and Reporting
Chapter 8	Administration and Oversight
Chapter 9	Monitoring Schedule
Chapter 10	Budget
Chapter 11	Literature Cited

Appendices
Appendix A	Technical Reports and Supplemental Documents
Appendix B	Acronyms Used in Phase III Report
Appendix C	Glossary of Terms

Supplemental Documents
SD 1	Summary of laws, policy, and guidance relative to ecological monitoring
SD 2	Summary of information and maps of the nine parks in the Great Lakes Network
SD 3	Methods for calculating weather parameters for the Great Lakes Network parks
SD 4	Studies of terrestrial resources with literature for Great Lakes Network parks
SD 5	Unpublished reports on ecological monitoring in Great Lakes Network Parks
SD 6	Database of important published literature on ecological monitoring
SD 7	Protocol Development Summaries for the Great Lakes Network
SD 8	Data management plan for the Great Lakes Network
SD 9	Charter for the Great Lakes Inventory and Monitoring Network

Technical Reports Prepared for the Plan (to save PDF files, right click on link and select "Save Target As...") Gucciardo, S., B. Route, and J. Elias (editiors). 2004. Conceptual Ecosystem Models for the Great Lakes Network. GLKN/2004/04. View report [1.24 MB PDF file] Lafrancois, B. M. and J. Glase. 2005. Aquatic studies in National Parks of the upper Great Lakes States: past efforts and future directions. Water Resources Division Technical Report, NPS/NRWRD/NRTR-2005/334. National Park Service, Denver, Colorado. Download report [3.94 MB zip file] Ledder T. 2003. Water Resource Information and Assessment Report for the Great Lakes Inventory and Monitoring Network. GLKN/2003/05. View report [948 KB PDF file] Ledder T. 2005. Water quality standards information for the Great Lakes Inventory and Monitoring Network. National Park Service Great Lakes Inventory and Monitoring Network Report GLKN/2005/12. View report [753 KB PDF file] Maniero, T. and D. Pohlman. 2003. Air Quality Monitoring Considerations for the Great Lakes Network parks. GLKN/2003/06. View report [151 KB PDF file] Route, B. 2003. Results of Scoping Workshops to Identify Monitoring Issues for National Park Units in the Great Lakes Network. GLKN/2003/07. View report [82.2 KB PDF file] Route, B. 2004. Process and Results of Choosing and Prioritizing Vital Signs for the Great Lakes Network. GLKN/2004/05. View report [1.26 KB PDF file]

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Vital Signs Monitoring

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Technical Reports Prepared for the Plan (to save PDF files, right click on link and select "Save Target As...")