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Daniel T. Heggem
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Environmental Research Scientist
E-Mail: heggem.daniel@epa.gov
Phone (703)-798-2278
Education:
- Capital University, B.S. in Biology, 1976
Experience:
- Environmental Research Scientist: U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Las Vegas, NV., July 1987- present
- Marine/Aquatic Biologist: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Washington, DC, March 1980-July 1987
- Biologist: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, April 1977-March 1980
Research Interests:
- Conducting research to develop measurements of landscape characteristics and patterns and understand the relationship between landscape characteristics, as indicators of ecosystem condition, and ecological values.
Current Projects:
- Western Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Landscape Program
- Humboldt River Basin Assessment Project
- Tensas River Basin Landscape Assessment
Selected Publications:
- Lopez, R. D., M. S. Nash, D. T. Heggem, and D. W. Ebert. Resource Managers Benefit From EPA'S View Of The Ozarks Landscape. (TIP # 08-039, Journal) em: Air and Waste Management Associations Magazine for Environmental Managers. Air & Waste Management Association, Pittsburgh, PA, 58(5):20-21, (2008). Published 5/1/2008.
- Heggem, D. T., A. C. Neale, E. Evanson, R. Van Remortel, M. Jackson, D. W. Ebert. National Landscape Metrics Browser (V1.0). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/C-07/014.
(TIP # 07-100, Data), Published 9/11/2007.
- Heggem, D.T., C.M. Edmonds, A.C. Neale, L. Bice, and
K. Bruce Jones, "A Landscape Ecology Assessment of the Tensas
River Basin," Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 64:
41-54, 2000.
- Jones, K.B., D.T. Heggem, T.G. Wade, A.C. Neale, D.W.
Ebert, M.S. Mash, M.H. Mehaffey, K.A. Hermann, A. R. Selle, S.
Augustine, I.A. Goodman, J. Pedersen, D. Bolgrien, J.M. Viger,
D. Chiang, Y. Zhong, J. Baker, and R.D. VanRemortel, "Assessing
Landscape Condition Relative to Water Resources in the Western
United Stated: A Strategic Approach," Environmental Monitoring
and Assessment, 64: 227-245, 2000.
- Edmonds, C.M., A.C. Neale, D.T. Heggem, J.D. Wickham,
and K.B. Jones, "A Comparison of Landscape Change Detection
Methods," International Ecosystem Health Conference Proceedings,
accepted.
- Heggem, D.T., C.M. Edmonds, A.C. Neale, L. Bice, and
K. Bruce Jones, "Forested Wetland Restoration Identifying
Potential Sites in Northeast Louisiana," Geo Info Systems,
Volume 9, Number 5, pp. 34-39, May, 1999.
- Heggem, D.T., A.C. Neale, C.M. Edmonds, L.A. Bice, R.D.
Van Remortel, and K.B. Jones. An Ecological Assessment of the
Louisiana Tensas River Basin. Feb. 1999. U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Washington D.C., EPA/600/R-99/016, 123 pp.
- Bradford, D.F., S.E. Franson, A.C. Neale, D.T. Heggem,
G.R. Miller, and G.E. Canterburry, "Bird Species Assemblages
as Indicators of Biological Integrity in Great Basin Rangeland,"
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 49, pp.1-22, (1998).
- West, N.E., J.M. Start, D.W. Johnson, M.M. Abrams, J.R. Wight,
D.T. Heggem, and S.E. Peck, "Effects of Climate Change
on the Edaphic Features of Arid and Semiarid Lands of Western
North America," Arid Soil Research and Rehabilitation,
Vol. 8, pp. 307-351, (1994).
- Heggem, D.T. and J.E. Pollard, "Quality Assurance Sample Design for Large and Small Environmental Water Quality Surveys: A Look at the Past and Future," Accountability in Research, Vol. 1, pp. 155-167, (1991).