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UMESC Projects - Upper Mississippi River Pool 8

Aquatic Science
Location
Principal Investigator
Project Title
Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers Michelle Bartsch Sediment-contaminant database for the Upper Mississippi River System
Upper Mississippi River Pools 7 and 8   Relationships among flow, water depth, sediment texture, and fingernail clams.
Upper Mississippi River Pools 4, 8, 13, 26, the Open River LTRMP study reach, and the La Grange reach on the Illinois River   Complete and summarize annual increments of monitoring data for fish sampling on the Upper Mississippi River System
Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers Steven Gutreuter Assessment of potential effects of increased commercial navigation on the fishes of the Upper Mississippi River System
Upper Mississippi River Pools 4, 8, 13, 26, the Open River LTRMP study reach, and the La Grange reach on the Illinois River   Spatial Analysis of fish monitoring data collected by active gear
Upper Mississippi River Pools 4, 8, 13, 26, the Open River LTRMP study reach, and the La Grange reach on the Illinois River Brian Ickes Integrated analysis of fish monitoring data
Upper Mississippi River Pool 8 William Richardson Denitrification and sediment ammonia in the Upper Mississippi River
Upper Mississippi River Pool 8, and the Saint Croix River William Richardson Genetic characterizationof the endangered mussel Lampsilis higginsi
Upper Mississippi River Pools 4, 8, 13, and the La Grange reach on the Illinois River James Rogala Short-term net sedimentation rates in backwater areas of the Upper Mississippi River System
Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers James Rogala Bathymetric surveys and generation of geographic information system data set for selected pools of the Upper Mississippi River System
Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers.   The limnology and ecology of off-channel areas in the Upper Mississippi River System
Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers   Development of regional nutrient criteria for the Upper Mississippi River Basin and US Environmental Protection Agency Region 5
Upper Mississippi River   Investigating the changing relationship between water levels and discharge on the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers
Upper Mississippi River   Fish passage through dams on the Upper Mississippi River
Upper Mississippi River Pool 8 Teresa Newton Landscape analysis of freshwater mussels
in the Upper Mississippi River System

Terrestrial Sciences
Location
Principal Investigator
Project Title
Upper Mississippi River Pool 8 Thomas Custer Contaminants in tree swallows in relation to water level management
Upper Mississippi River Kevin Kenow Abundance and distribution of plant foods used by migratory waterfowl on selected pools of the Upper Mississippi River
Upper Mississippi River Pools 4, 8, and 13 Eileen Kirsch Community characteristics of breeding passerine birds in relation to riverine habitats on selected reaches of the Upper Mississippi River
Upper Mississippi River Pools 7, 8, 9, and 11 Eileen Kirsch Importance of wet meadows to grassland birds in the Upper Midwest

Ecosystems / Habitats
Location
Principal Investigator
Project Title
Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers Steven Gutreuter Development of models for ecological investigation and management of the Upper Mississippi River System
Upper Mississippi River Pools 2, 3, 4, 5, 5a, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22 Barry Johnson Adaptive environmental assessment applied to the Upper Mississippi River
Upper Mississippi River Pool 8 Barry Johnson Evaluation of Water Level Reduction as a Habitat Management Tool for the Upper Mississippi River
Upper Mississippi River Pools 5, 5a, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 Brent Knights Habitat use and movement of lake sturgeon in the Upper Mississippi River: effects of navigation
Upper Mississippi River Kenneth Lubinski Analysis of land cover changes in selected side channels of the Mississippi River
Upper Mississippi River Kenneth Lubinski Ecocriteria to measure the health of the Upper Mississippi River
Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers Kenneth Lubinski Ecological Status and Trends in the Upper Mississippi River System
Upper Mississippi River Pools 4, 8, 13, 26, the Open River LTRMP study reach, and the La Grange reach on the Illinois River Jennifer Sauer Macroinvertebrate monitoring for the Upper Mississippi River System
Upper Mississippi River Pools 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 26, the Open River LTRMP study reach, and the La Grange reach on the Illinois River   Obtain and summarize five annual increments of limnological monitoring data for selected reaches of the Upper Mississippi River System
Upper Mississippi River Pools 4, 8, 13, 26, the Open River LTRMP study reach, and the La Grange reach on the Illinois River Yao Yin Aquatic vegetation dynamics in selected backwater areas of the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers
Upper Mississippi River Pools 4, 8, 13, 26, the Open River LTRMP study reach, and the La Grange reach on the Illinois River Yao Yin A demographic Study of the common woody species in the Upper Mississippi River System
Upper Mississippi River Pools 4, 8, 13, 26, the Open River LTRMP study reach, and the La Grange reach on the Illinois River Yao Yin Patterns and abundance of aquatic vegetation in the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers

Invasive Species

Location
Principal Investigator
Project Title
Upper Mississippi River - Pool 8 Michelle Bartsch Density and size distribution of zebra mussels in the Upper Mississippi River, Pool 8 and effects of predation

River Inventory and Monitoring
Location
Principal Investigator
Project Title
Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers   Long Term Resource Monitoring Program

Science Applications to Resource Management
Location
Principal Investigator
Project Title
Upper Mississippi River Pools 4, 8, 13, 26, the Open River LTRMP study reach, and the La Grange reach on the Illinois River   Complete and summarize annual increments of monitoring data for fish sampling on the Upper Mississippi River System
Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers Steven Gutreuter Development of models for ecological investigation and management of the Upper Mississippi River System
Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers   Evaluation of tools for management of non-indigenous species.
Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers   Habitat Needs Assessment for the Upper Mississippi River System

Technical Programs

Location
Principal Investigator
Project Title
Upper Mississippi River Pools 4, 8, 13, 26, the Open River LTRMP study reach, and the La Grange reach on the Illinois River Douglas Olsen LTRMP Spatial Data Query and Visualization Tool

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