Landscape Ecology and GIS Research projects at LSC utilizing geospatial technologies (GIS, GPS, and Remote Sensing) for the study of landscape structure and function and their impacts on aquatic and terrestrial flora and fauna. For more information contact John Young (Aquatic Ecology Branch), Cara Campbell (Northern Appalachian Research Laboratory), or Frank van Manen (Southern Appalachian Field Branch) Mapping systems and data delivery National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (FAR) Node (C. Campbell) An internet-based invasive species tracking system for the State of Delaware (J.Young, O. Allen, and D. Nichols) Internet-accessible county-level maps of landscape pattern (K. Riitters and J. Young) Studies of the landscape of Shenandoah National Park: Assessment of vegetation communities in relation to environmental gradients (J. Young, G. Fleming, and P. Townsend) Landforms and ecological land units (J. Young) Identification and mapping of outcrops (J. Young) Stand vulnerability of eastern hemlock to hemlock wooly adelgid (J. Young) Studies of the landscape of Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Aquatic ecosystem response to hemlock decline in eastern forests (C. Snyder, J. Young, D. Smith) Assessment of ambystomid salamander populations and their breeding habitats (C. Snyder, J. Young) Ecological impacts of development in areas surrounding DWG-NRA (C. Snyder, J. Young, J. Julian) Studies of Southern Appalachian landscapes Modeling biological impacts of hemlock woolly adelgid (F. van Manen) Habitat modeling for the protection of at-risk plant species harvested for the international medicinal herb trade (F. van Manen, J. Young, C.Thatcher) Studies of estuarine systems Multi-scale habitat modeling for horseshoe crab spawning in the Delaware Bay (D. Smith, J. Young) Investigations of fish health in selected tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay (V. Blazer, C. Ottinger, J. Young)