For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) “Collaborative” means a group of organizations, agencies and individuals assembled for the purposes of organizing, coordinating, maintaining and supporting the watershed and marine monitoring programs within Narragansett Bay and the watersheds of the state.
(2) “Monitoring program” means any scientific or educational data collection activity that measures the changing conditions in, and the functionality and health of the waters of the state.
(3) “Perturbation” means a disturbance in the natural environment that is produced from some force additional to that which causes the natural state of that environment.