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UMESC Projects on the Upper Mississippi River

• Amphibian and Reptiles
  
  
  • Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative
  • Terrestrial Wetland Global Change Research Network
  • Farm ponds as critical habitats for native amphibians

• Aquatic Invasive Species Control
  
  
  • Increasing Efficiency and Throughput of eDNA
  • Digestive Physiology of Aquatic Invertebrates
  • Retention of Potential Piscicide Oral Delivery Formulations (ODF) by Asian carps: Effect of Particle Size
  • Evaluation of the acute toxicity of 3-trifluoromethyl-4-nitrophenol (TFM) and a TFM/1% niclosamide mixture to the black sandshell mussel (ligumia recta)
  • Oral Toxicity of Rotenone and Antimycin-A in Asian Carps
  • Intestinal Physiology of Planktivorous Fishes
  • Determination of Filtering Characteristics and Particulate Size Selection Between Two Species of Unionid and Zebra Mussels
  • Identify Potential Compounds for Inclusion in a Toxicant Screening Program to Identify Potential Selective Toxicants for Control of Asian carp
  • Synthesis of GD-174 (2-[digeranylamino]-ethanol) and its Derivatives
  • Register New Lampricide Active Ingredients and End-use Formulations and Maintain Registered Products in Compliance with United States and Canadian Pesticide Regulations
  • Develop Experimental Use Permits, Datasets and Develop Registration Plans for Sea Lamprey Pheromones in Compliance with United States and Canadian Biopesticide Regulations
  • Improving the Accuracy and Precision of Predictions of TFM-niclosamide Concentrations for Treatment of Sea Lamprey Spawning Tributaries
  • Evaluation of the Acute Toxicity of 3-trifluoromethyl-4-nitrophenol (TFM) to the Snuffbox Mussel (Epioblasma Triquetra)
  • Determination of TFM Residues in Sediment and Water Following a Lampricide Treatment
  • Evaluation of a Glucuronyl Transferase Assay for Predicting the Sensitivity of Species of Concern to the Lampricide TFM
  • Residue Levels of the Lampricides TFM and Niclosamide in Moribund Sea Lamprey Larvae Following Exposures to TFM and a TFM/1% Niclosamide Combination
  
  
• Aquatic Toxicology
  
  
  • Assessing the Vulnerability of Lake Fish Communities to Endocrine Disruption Using Pond Mesocosms
    
    
• Avian Conservation Ecology
  
  
  • Decision Support Partnership for Assessing Bird Movements and Habitat Use in Interior Landscapes and the Upper Great Lakes
    • Evaluating the Possible Effects of Wind Power Development on Refuging Waterbirds in the Great Plains, Upper Midwest and East Front of Northern Rocky Mountains
    • Evaluating Habitat Use by Pelagic Birds on the Western Great Lakes, and Airspace Use of Migrant Songbirds Near and Over the Western Great Lakes
  • Assessing the Potential for Climate Change Impacts on the Suitability of Inland Glacial Lakes for Lake-Dependent Biota in the Great Lakes Region
  • Modeling the Distribution and Relative Abundance of Mammalian Predators in the Prairie Pothole Region of Minnesota
  • Species Distributional Modeling and Spatial Patterns in Genetic Introgression: the Case of Golden-winged Warblers and Blue-winged Warblers
  • Boater Compliance with Established Voluntary Waterfowl Avoidance Areas on the Upper Mississippi River
  • Waterbird Distribution and Foraging Patterns on the Great Lakes with Respect to Avian Botulism

    Past projects

    • Using Habitat to Predict Grassland Bird Abundances Across a Changing Landscape in Southwestern Wisconsin

    • Predicting the Fate of Abandoned Agricultural Lands Along the Lower Missouri River
    • Exploring Patterns of Bird Diversity in a Floodplain River System
    • Investigations of Ruffed Grouse Habitat Use at Low Population Densities
    • Abundance and Distribution of Plant Foods used by Migratory Waterfowl on Selected Pools of the Upper Mississippi River
    • Using Implanted Satellite Transmitters to Identify Common Loon Migration Routes, Staging Areas, and Wintering Range
    • Methods Development for Determining Causes, Timing, and Magnitude of Mortality of Common Loon Chicks in Northern Wisconsin
    • Factors Affecting Common Loon (Gavia immer) Productivity
    • Community Characteristics of Breeding Passerine Birds in Relation to Riverine Habitats on Selected Reaches of the Upper Mississippi River
    • Bird Use of and Productivity in Reed Canary Grass Dominating Wet Meadows
    • Abundance, Diversity, and Productivity of Songbirds Nesting in Upland and Floodplain Forests of the Upper Mississippi River Basin
    • Maps, Models, and Tools for Bird Conservation Planning
      

• Fisheries Restoration
  
  
  • Depletion of Florfenicol Amine from the Fillet Tissue of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus Mykiss) Maintained in a Recirculating Aquaculture System and Treated with Aquaflor®-medicated Feed
  • Field Effectiveness of Terramycin 343® (Oxytetracycline HCL) to Control Mortality in Coolwater and Warmwater Finfish due to Flavobacterium Columnare
  • Field Effectiveness of 35% PEROX-AID® (Hydrogen Peroxide) to Reduce Gyrodactylus sp. Infestation Density in Coolwater and Warmwater Finfish
  • The Availability of Freshwater Fish to the Angling Public Following Electrical mmobilization and Sedation by Benzocaine or Eugenol
  • Method Transfer Study for the Analytical Method to Determine 17-Amethyltestosterone Concentrations in Fish Feed
  • Determining exposure parameters that maximize eugenol residues in the fillet tissue and determining the sample times that will adequately characterize the depletion of eugenol residues from the fillet tissue of rainbow trout exposed to AQUI-S® 20E
  • Eugenol total residue depletion from the skin-on fillet tissue of rainbow trout exposed to ¹⁴C labeled Aqui-S® 20
    
    
• Geospatial Sciences
  
  
  • Decision Support Systems - Tools and Applications
    
    
• Long Term Resource Monitoring Program
  
  
• Native Mussels
  
  
  • Comparison of Native Mussel Assemblages Among Three Reaches of the Upper Mississippi River
  • Modeling the Response of Imperiled Freshwater Mussels to Anthropogenically Induced Changes in Water Temperature, Habitat, and Flow in Streams of the Southeastern and Central United States
  • Population Assessment of Native Mussels in the Upper Mississippi River
  • Potential Functional Roles of Native Mussels in the Upper Mississippi River
  • Movement Patterns of Native Mussels in the Upper Mississippi River: Response to Water Level Management

  Past projects

  • Relationships Among Flow, Water Depth, Sediment Texture, and Fingernail Clams
  • Effects of Ammonia on Unionid Mussels: A Potential Threat to their Biodiversity in the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway
  • Genetic Characterization of the Endangered Mussel Lampsilis higginsi
  • Landscape Analysis of Freshwater Mussels in the Upper Mississippi River System

  
  
• Resource Mapping and Spatial Analysis
  
  
  • National Park Service
  • Fish & Wildlife Service Refuges
    • Automated Waterfowl Counts
    • Invasives Species
    • Comprehensive Conservation Plan
      
    • Long Term Resource Monitoring Program
      • Land Cover/Land Use
      • Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR)
    • Aerial Photography/Image Processing
    • New Technologies
  
  
• River Productivity
  
  
  • Distribution and controls over habitat and food-web structures and processes in Great Lakes estuaries
    
  • Development of Models for Ecological Investigation and Management of the Upper Mississippi River System
  • Evaluation of Water Level Reduction as a Habitat Management Tool for the Upper Mississippi River
  • Obtain and Summarize Five Annual Increments of Limnological Monitoring Data for Selected Reaches of the Upper Mississippi River System
  • The Limnology and Ecology of Off-channel Areas in the Upper Mississippi River System
  • Ecological Status and Trends in the Upper Mississippi River System (1998)
  • Ecocriteria to Measure the Health of the Upper Mississippi River
  • Analysis of Land Cover Changes in Selected Side Channels of the Mississippi River
  • The Importance of Off-Channel Areas to Fish Production
  • Development of Regional Nutrient Criteria for the Upper Mississippi River Basin and US Environmental Protection Agency Region 5
  • Denitrification and Sediment Ammonia in the Upper Mississippi River
  • Assessment of Potential Effects of Increased Commercial Navigation on the Fishes of the Upper Mississippi River System
  • Bioassessment of the Finger Lakes Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project: Responses of fish and aquatic invertebrates
  • Habitat Use and Movement of Lake Sturgeon in the Upper Mississippi River: Effects of Navigation
  • Fish Passage Through Dams on the Upper Mississippi River
  • Ecological Interactions Between Aquatic Macrophytes and Fish in Lake Onalaska, Pool 7, Upper Mississippi River
    
    
  
  
• Wildlife Toxicology
  
  
  • Contaminant exposure of great blue herons along the Mississippi River
  • Contaminant exposure of tree swallows in the Quad Cities area (Pool 15 of the Mississippi River)
  • Contaminant exposure of great blue herons along the Mississippi River
  • Trace elements in tree swallows
  • Trace elements in four waterbirds species
  • Effects of water level reductions on contaminant exposure in tree swallows
  • Perfluorinated compounds and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in great blue heron eggs