Wetland hydrological monitoring: overview and Boxford Water Meadows case study

The aim of this report is to provide the reader with the information required to make informed decisions about the best and most appropriate way to monitor a wetland site. To achieve this aim, the report has the following objectives: 1. To outline the need and purpose for monitoring. 2. To summarise the methods used to identify and categorise wetland types. 3. To describe the broad types of monitoring that may be undertaken. 4. To give detailed information about the range of wetland monitoring techniques available. 5. To provide guidance on how to select the most appropriate monitoring techniques. 6. To illustrate, using the Boxford wetland as a case study, how the techniques described in this report can be applied, and what challenges and solutions are encountered.