App#3: Ecosystem Monitoring
n Science
n Understand  response of wild populations (plants and animals) to habitats over
time.
n Develop in situ observation of species and ecosystem dynamics.
n Techniques
n Data acquisition of physical and chemical properties, at various spatial and
temporal scales, appropriate to the ecosystem, species and habitat.
n Automatic identification of organisms
(current techniques involve close-range
human observation).
n Measurements over long period of time,
 taken in-situ.
n Harsh environments with extremes in
temperature, moisture, obstructions, ...