Monitoring
Systems
Ecological
Background
BIODIVERSITY
Charles Darwin Foundation and World Wildlife Fund. 2002. A biodiversity
vision for the Galapagos Islands. Ed. R. Bensted-Smith. CDF, Puerto
Ayora, Galapagos.
http://www.darwinfoundation.org/downloads/bio_vision_galapagos_eng.pdf
Motes and Sensor
Networks
Intel Exploratory Research: Smart Sensors to Network the World
An explanation of sensor networks in the wild.
http://www.intel.com/research/exploratory/smartnetworks.htm
Originally Published:
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
www.sciam.com
Smart Sensors to Network the World
By David E. Culler and Hans Mulder
Intel Exploratory Reserach: Instrumenting the World
An explanation of wireless sensor networks and the processes behind
them.
http://www.intel.com/research/exploratory/instrument_world.htm
Sensor Networks Based on Queries (as opposed to constant scanning):
http://telegraph.cs.berkeley.edu/tinydb/
The Real World as One Giant Database
UC (Berkeley, Davis, Merced, Santa Cruz) CITRIS Newsletter - December
2003
Vol. 2, No. 5
An article about networking motes.
http://www.citris-uc.org/newsletter/2003_Newsletters/december_2003/feature.htm
Mapping/Organization
of Networks
LANDSAT and GIS to map the Galapagos, in order to more effectively
deploy and monitor sensor networks
http://www.darwinfoundation.org/articles/ar00040040.html
Water Health / Monitoring Marine Life
Mississippi Headwaters Board. "Water Quality Monitoring Plan: Summary
of Water Indicators."
Describes what to test for when monitoring water
http://www.mhbriverwatch.dst.mn.us/river_watch/plan.html
Host, George E.,
Will, Norman R., Axler, Richard P., Owen, Christopher J., Munson, Bruce
H. Interactive Technologies
for Collecting and Visulizing Water Data.
Found Online at: http://wow.nrri.umn.edu/urisa/#_ftn1
Soil
Health /
Monitoring Plant Life
(See "Motes and
Sensor Networks")
Biological Indicators
Mississippi Headwaters Board. "Water Quality Monitoring Plan: Summary
of Water Indicators."
Describes what to test for when monitoring water - mentions using
macroinvertebrates as indicators of water quality.
http://www.mhbriverwatch.dst.mn.us/river_watch/plan.html