A resource group is In EMAP's Resource Monitoring and Research section, a group of scientific and administrative personnel, headed by a technical director (TD), responsible for research, monitoring, and assessments for a given EMAP resource. There are seven such groups in EMAP: Estuaries, Lakes, Inland Surface Waters, Wetlands, Forests, Ecosystems, and Agroecosystems. Landscape ecology is also considered a resource group in EMAP. (See related: cross-cutting group.)