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Description:Monitoring and assessment strategies developed by the State of California and USEPA universally call for coordinated and consistent approaches. Unfortunately, the ability to meet this goal is often limited. Although progress has been made over the last decade in developing standardized rapid assessment methods (i.e., Level 2) for California, there have been fewer resources and attention dedicated to standardized site-intensive (i.e., Level 3) assessment methods. Compared to Level 2 methods, intensive assessment methods provide information on ecological function and process, are more diagnostic of restoration performance and regulatory compliance, and are important as validation measures for rapid assessment methods. The lack of consistent approaches to intensive assessment has limited our ability to share information between projects, precluded use of Level 3 data in ambient monitoring and regional health assessments, and fostered inefficiencies as each project developed independent protocols. Major coastal wetland restoration projects are planned throughout California, and the development and testing of standardized Level 3 assessment procedures is imperative.
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