General Index of
Concepts, Skills, and Techniques
Note: Not all of the skills and techniques are used for each study site. Skills and techniques are chosen for their appropriateness and applicability for individual study sites. There is a site with specific sequential listing of skills and techniques for each study site.
Concepts
Introduce wetland habitats: functions and values
Examine wetland change
Investigate causes and effects of wetland change
Skills (methods)
Skill 1: Map Use
Element 1: Site Location All Sites Element 2: Feature Identification All Sites Element 3: Classification of Wetland and Upland Habitats All Sites Element 4: Comparison of Aerial Photography and Photographic Essay All Sites Element 5: Use of Satellite Image (TM) Northshore; Crescent Lake; Avery Islands Element 6: Shoreline Mapping Cape Hatteras Element 7: New Location Cape Hatteras Element 8: Use of Airborne Image (TM) Cape Hatteras Element 9: Use of GAP Map Crescent Lake; Chimney Rock Element 10: Temporary Water Mapping Crescent Lake Element 11: Use of Airborne Image (TM) Texas City/Virginia Pt Element 12: Use of Landsat 7 Image Cape Hatteras Element 13: Use of Satellite Image (TM) Golden Meadow Element 14: Use of Satellite Image and Maps (TM) Golden Meadow Element 15: AVIRIS Images Mono Lake Element 16: Lakeshore Mapping Mono Lake Element 17: Contours Mono Lake Element 18: Use of Space Shuttle Images Mono Lake Element 19: Use of MASTER Images San Pedro River Element 20: Use of Geology Maps San Pedro River Element 21: Contours San Pedro River Element 22: Use of Landsat Image (TM) Cocodrie Element 23: Use of 2001 Landsat 7 Thematic Mapper (TM) Images Fort Clatsop Element 24: Comparison of Maps and Images and Lewis and Clark Fort Clatsop Historical Maps Fort Clatsop Element 25: Use of 2003 Landsat 7 Thematic Mapper (TM) Images Weedon Island Element 26: Use of MASTER Images Rio Tempisque Element 27: Use of 2003 Landsat 7 Thematic Mapper (TM) Images Manatee River Element 28: Use of 2003 Landsat 7 Thematic Mapper (TM) Images Weweantic River Element 29: Use of 2002 Landsat 7 Thematic Mapper (TM) Images Chimney Rock
Skill 2: Scale determination
Element 1: Introduce Scale of Map All Sites Element 2: Determining Scale of [date] Aerial Photograph All Sites Element 3: Linear Measurement of Change Cape Hatteras Element 4: Bathymetric Profile Cape Hatteras Element 5: Topographic Profile Crescent Lake Element 6: Habitat Profile Crescent Lake Element 7: Topographic Profile Mono Lake Element 8: Topographic Profile San Pedro River
Skill 3: Visual recognition
Element 1: Comparison of Habitat Maps All Sites Element 2: Habitat Maps and Feature Overlay All Sites Element 3: Comparison of Photo Overlay with Map Analysis Texas City/Virginia Pt., Cape Hatteras;
Martello Castle; Mobile BayElement 4: Comparison of Topographic Quadrangles Texas City/Virginia Pt.; Golden Meadow;
Avery Islands; Cocodrie
Skill 4: Aerial photographic interpretation
Element 1: Signature Identification Texas City/Virginia Pt., Cape Hatteras;
Martello Castle; Northshore; Mobile BayElement 2: Habitat Interpretation Texas City/Virginia Pt., Cape Hatteras;
Martello Castle; Mobile Bay
Techniques (applications)
Technique 1: Area measurement
Element 1: Area of Site All Sites Element 2: Area of Study Site on [date] Aerial photograph All Sites
Technique 2: Manual GIS
Element 1: Making Feature Overlays All Sites Element 2: Habitat Maps and Other Features All Sites Element 3: Shoreline Overlays Crescent Lake Element 4: Contour Overlays Cape Hatteras Element 5: Lakeshore Overlays Mono Lake Element 6: Channel Overlays Cocodrie Element 7: Feature and Channel Overlays Cocodrie Element 8: Historical Transportation Overlays Chimney Rock
Technique 3: Recognition of Habitat Change
Element 1: Evaluate Habitat Change All Sites Element 2: Characterize Topography and Habitat Crescent Lake Element 3: Water Modification Crescent Lake
Technique 4: Analysis
Element 1: Cause and Effect of Habitat Change All Sites Element 2: Feature Identification Change Texas City/Virginia Pt Element 3: Identification of Potential Storm Flood Surge Cape Hatteras Element 4: Lakeshore Changes Mono Lake Element 5: Channel Changes Cocodrie
Technique 5: Determining Rates of Change
Element 1: Rate of Shoreline Erosion Cape Hatteras Element 2: New Rate of Shoreline Erosion Cape Hatteras Element 3: Trends Cape Hatteras