USGS National Wetlands Research Center: John Barras profile

John A. Barras, M.S.

John Barras, M.S. 1990. Louisiana State University. Leader of the Coastal Restoration Field Station, Baton Rouge, LA. Spatial analysis, geographic information systems, modeling, image processing.

Barras has experience in the integration of both raster and vector geographic information system theory and development of spatial analysis techniques for problem solving related to data manipulation and management. He also serves as the Planning Coordinator of the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act.

Barras' NWRC Publications

The following list of publications is current only through 2001. For an update, please go to the online NWRC publications data base (http://librrefmgr.cr.usgs.gov?func=advSearch) to search for the bibliographic citations of individual staff members.

Refereed Publications

Johnston, J.B., M.C. Watzin, J.A. Barras, and L.R. Handley. 1995. Gulf of Mexico coastal wetlands: case studies of loss trends. Pages 269-272 in E.T. LaRoe, G.S. Farris, C.E. Puckett, P.D. Doran, and M.J. Mac, eds. Our living resources: a report to the nation on the distribution, abundance, and health of U.S. plants, animals, and ecosystems. National Biological Service, Washington, DC.

Other Peer Reviewed Publications

Barras, J. A., P. E. Bourgeois, and L. R. Handley. 1994. Land loss in coastal Louisiana 1956-90. National Biological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center Open File Report 94-01. 4 pp. 10 color plates.

Fuller, D., L. Handley, J. Barras, and S. Robb. 1994. The use of GIS and image processing technology for wetland planning, protection, and restoration in coastal Louisiana. Pages 123-127 in M. Ehlers, D.R. Steiner, and J.B. Johnston, eds. Proceedings of an International Workshop on Requirements for Integrated Geographic Information Systems. Environmental Research Institute of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Fuller, D.A., L. Handley, J. Barras, and S. Robb. 1994. The use of GIS and image processing technology for wetland planning, protection, and restoration in coastal Louisiana. Pages 97-103 in Second Thematic Conference on Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments Volume I, New Orleans, LA, 31 January - 2 February 1994.

Johnston, J.B., J. Barras, S. Hartley, D.A. Fuller, and G. Steyer. 1997. The integration of GIS and image processing technology for monitoring wetland restoration projects. In Proceedings of INTECOL's V International Wetlands Conference, 22-28 September 1996. Wetlands for the Future.

Johnston, J.B., M.E. McNiff, W.R. Jones, W. Ji, L.R. Handley, J. Barras, and P. Bourgeois. 1995. Applications of GIS analysis for natural resource management at the National Biological Service's Southern Science Center. Pages 297-306 in Proceedings of 15th Annual ESRI User Conference. Palm Springs, CA, May 22-26, 1995.

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