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LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY ASSESSMENT OF THE TENSAS RIVER BASIN, MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA REGION, AND GULF OF MEXICO
Citation:
Heggem, D T., A C. Neale, C M. Edmonds, L. Bice, AND K B. Jones. LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY ASSESSMENT OF THE TENSAS RIVER BASIN, MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA REGION, AND GULF OF MEXICO. Presented at Managing for Ecosystem Health, Sacramento, CA, August 15-20, 1999.
Description:
A group of landscape ecological indicators were applied to biophysical data masked to the Tensas River Basin. The indicators were use to identify and prioritize sources of nutrients in a
Mississippi River System sub-basin. Remotely sensed data were used for change detection assessment. With these methods, we were able to look at land use practices over thepast twenty years in the Tensas River Basin of Louisiana. A simple land use classificationwas applied to multispectral scanner (MSS) data from 1972 and 199 1. The landscape analysis methods described in this paper will show how to use these methods to assess the impact of human land use practices that are being implemented to improve environmental quality.Landscape assessment methods can be used as a simple,timely,cost effective approach for monitoring, targeting, and modeling ecosystem health in watersheds. Although this study was conducted in the southeast, the methods described in this paper may be applicable to western landscapes.