Performance of Ontario's Benthos Biomonitoring Network: impacts on participants' social capital, environmental action, and problem-solving ability.

From: Environments | Date: August 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

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The Ontario Benthos Biomonitoring Network (OBBN) is a collaborative initiative that monitors bottom-dwelling aquatic invertebrates to assess ecological condition. The Network is led by Ontario's Ministry of Environment and Environment Canada's Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network Coordinating Office, and is part of the Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network. This paper evaluates OBBN performance, emphasizing impacts on participants' social capital, environmental action, and problem-solving ability. A questionnaire was used to characterize participants' ...

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