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deploying oyster biological indicators of nitrogen source in Monie Bay, National Estuarine Research Reserve.
Deploying Oysters in Monie Bay
Conceptual diagram illustrating the general overview of selecting and reviewing ecological indicators in a environmental project.
Choosing indicators in project management
Conceptual diagram illustrating an example of a designated use area in a body of water that is used to determine the threshold values that are used in ecological indicators.
Determining threshold values
Conceptual diagram illustrating how the ecological indicators in a program will affect resources, data management, etc.
Ecological indicators in environmental management
Conceptual diagram illustrating an example of using a diagram for selecting and implementing important indicators. The diagram on the right was developed after three years of monitoring using the guidelines from the left diagram.
Example of diagrams that help select indicators
Conceptual diagram illustrating the 'wedding cake' design for ecological indicators. Used by the National Park Service, this is how indicators are used to make decisions on a national, regional, and local level.
The 'wedding cake' design
Illustration of bioindicators sign
Bioindicators
Illustration of economic indicators shown by canoe and shellfish harvest
Economic indicators
Bricks anchor the cages for deploying oyster biological indicators
Assembling biological indicator gear
Graduate student Ben Fertig holds a cage that will be used for deploying oyster biological indicators. This gear is also equipped to hold a perforated cup for deploying macroalgal biological indicators at half Secchi depth.
Deployment cage for oyster biological indicator
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