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Landscape Atlas Table of Contents
An Ecological Assessment of the United States Mid-Atlantic Region:
A Landscape Atlas
K. Bruce Jones1, Kurt H. Riitters2; 5, James D. Wickham2, Roger D. Tankersley Jr.3, Robert V. O'Neill4, Deborah J. Chaloud1, Elizabeth R. Smith2, and Anne C. Neale1
1 Environmental Sciences Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Las Vegas, Nevada
2 Environmental Research Center, Tennessee Valley Authority, Historic Forestry Building, Norris, Tennessee
3 Department of Geography, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
4 Environmental Sciences Division, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
5 Currently: Biological Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, Knoxville, Tennessee
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Taking a Broader View . . . 1
Purpose and Organization of This Atlas . . . 2
Landscape Ecology and the Analysis of Broad-Scale Environmental Condition. . . . 3
How Can Landscape Indicators Help Us Understand Environmental Conditions? . . . 4
How Were the Landscape Indicators Selected . . . 6
How Were the Landscape Indicators Measured? . . . 10
How Were the Landscape Indicators Summarized? . . . 14
How to Read the Maps and Charts in this Atlas . . . 15
Chapter 2. The National Context . . . 17
Data Sources . . . 17
Human Use Patterns . . . 20
Forest Patterns . . . 22
Patterns Affecting Water Quality . . . 26
National Context Summary . . . 28
Chapter 3. The Mid-Atlantic Region. . . . 31
Biophysical Setting of the Mid-Atlantic Region . . . 31
Humans in Landscapes in the Mid-Atlantic Region. . . . 38
Water . . . 49
Riparian Indicators . . . 49
Watershed Indicators . . . 52
Forests . . . 60
Landscape Change (1970-1990) . . . 67
Chapter 4. A Comparative Assessment of Mid-Atlantic Watershed Conditions . . . 77
Acknowledgments . . . 87
Glossary . . . 89
Appendix. Additional Information About the Indicators in Chapter 3 . . . 91
Suggested Further Reading . . . 103