Name: Curtis Edmonds
Organizational Affiliation:National Exposure Research
Laboratory/Environmental Sciences Division
Research Interests:
Changes in landscape patterns on watersheds due to human activities and the
effect on the sustainability of aquatic resources and disturbance regimes
(e.g., flooding) that can potentially cause significant property damage and
endanger human lives. Work includes: developing historical landscape indicator
databases to assess the spatial distribution of landscape change in the mid-Atlantic
Region of the United States (MAIA) from the early 1970's to the early1990's; evaluating
the consequences of 20 years of change in MAIA on ecological and hydrologic processes
that sustain aquatic resources; evaluating the impact of future climate scenarios on
aquatic resources given the spatial pattern of landscape change between the early 1970's
and the early 1990's.
Recent Publications:
Heggem, D.T., A.C. Neale, C.M. Edmonds, L. Bice, and K. Bruce Jones, 1999. "An Ecological
Assessment of the Louisiana Tensas River Basin". EPA 600/R-99/016. U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Office of Research and Development, Washington DC.
Available in hard copy only;
Executive Summary is available at
http://www.gmpo.gov/tensas.html.
Heggem, D.T., Edmonds, C.M., Neale, A.C., Bice, L., and Jones, K.B.
"Forested Wetland Restoration: Identifying Potential Sites in Northeast
Louisiana". Geo Info Systems, May 1999.
Available in hard copy only.
Heggem, D.T., Edmonds, C.M., Neale, A.C., Bice, L., Jones, K.B.
"Landscape Ecology Analysis of Potential Forested Wetland Restoration
Sites, Tensas River Basin, Mississippi River Delta Region, Gulf of Mexico".
Presented at the National Symposium on Ecosystem Restoration, Baltimore, MD,
May 1998.
Available in hard copy only.
Jones, K. B.; Neale, A. C.; Edmonds, C. M.; Wickham, J. D.; Ritters, K. H.
"Evaluating Forest Fragmentation at Multiple Scales: A Remote Sensing Approach".
"North American Symposium: Toward a Unified Framework for Inventorying and
Monitoring Forest Ecosystem Resources". November 1998, Guadalahara, Mexico.
Available in hard copy only.
Kepner, W.; Watts, C.; Edmonds, C.; Arias, H.
"Landscape Change in the Upper San Pedro Watershed".
Presented at the Eleventh Annual Symposium of the Arizona Hydrological
Society. September 1998, Tucson, AZ.
Available in hard copy only.
Name: Virginia Engle
Organizational Affiliation:National Health and
Environmental Effects Research Laboratory
Research Interests and Skills:
Estuarine ecology; Benthic ecology; Environmental monitoring; Statistical design, analysis,
and interpretation; Development of ecological indicators; Geographic Initiatives
Publications:
Engle, Virginia D. and J. Kevin Summers. In press. Latitudinal Gradients in Benthic
Community Structure in Western Atlantic Estuaries. J. Biogeogr. 48 p. (ERL,GB 1052).
Name: John Furlow
Organizational Affiliation:National Center for Environmental Assessment/Global Change Research Program
Research Interests:
Impacts of climate and land use change on water quality, drinking and
waste water infrastructure. Use of stakeholder input in research and planning.
Oversees Great Lakes Regional Assesment of Consequences of Global Change.
