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Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center Publications
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Acute toxicity of the lampricides TFM and niclosamide: Effects on a vascular plant and a chironomid species
The lampricides 3-trifluoromethyl-4-nitrophenol (TFM) and niclosamide have been used for about 60 years to control sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) in the Great Lakes Basin and Lake Champlain. To register these chemicals as pesticides in North America, their environmental effects must be reviewed on a periodic basis. As a part of this effort, toxicity of TFM and niclosamide to duckweed (Lemna gi
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Tom Leak, John Aufderheide, Alan Bergfield, Terrance D. Hubert
Remnant hardwood forest mapping within the Upper Mississippi River floodplain
Executive SummaryThe primary objective of the project was to locate previously unknown stands of mast-producing hardwood forest trees in the Upper Mississippi River floodplain using existing information. We located and mapped 399 previously unknown hardwood forest stands within the Mississippi River floodplain area of navigation pools 9, 10, and 11. Using color infrared images in combination with
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Jenny L. Hanson, Rich King, Erin E. Hoy
Lampricide residues in sea lamprey larvae carcasses recovered after 3-trifluoromethyl-4- nitrophenol (TFM) or TFM/Bayluscide stream treatments
Lampricide concentrations in whole larval sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) carcasses collected after lampricide treatments were determined to support risk assessment for non-target organisms that may consume lampricide-laden carcasses. Dead larvae were collected by Sea Lamprey Control personnel following the Ford River (Delta County, Michigan) 4.1 mg·L-1 3-trifluoromethyl-4-nitrophenol (TFM) treat
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Jeffry Bernardy, Nicholas A. Schloesser
Asian carp population modeling to support an adaptive management framework
This Monitoring and Response Plan provides the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee (ACRCC) with updates on FWS and USGS modeling efforts for the Spatially Explicit Asian carp Population (SEAcarP) model. For FY2020, efforts are underway to parameterize and analyze the SEAcarP model. Themes: invasive species; Asian carp; Great Lakes.
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Jahn L. Kallis, Richard A. Erickson, Mark W. Fritts
USGS Illinois River monitoring and evaluation
Asian carp monitoring and contract removal will continue throughout the Upper Illinois Waterway system as needed for adaptive management to mitigate, control, and contain Asian carp. Compiling data from monitoring and removal efforts into a centralized database (Illinois River Catch Database application) facilitates data standardization, quality, accessibility, sharing, and analysis to aid in Asia
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Travis J. Harrison, Kevin D. Hop, Enrika Hlavacek, Brent C. Knights
Off-channel waterbodies in the Middle Mississippi River: A pilot investigation
Off-channel and floodplain water bodies are important components of large river ecosystems while rare within the Middle Mississippi River. The lack of these habitats likely influences water quality, nutrient processing, and communities of organisms. In early 2016 a major flood event breached two levees south of Cape Girardeau, MO resulting in the creation of two new backwaters—Len Small and Backwa
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Molly Sobotka, John West
Scientific Framework for resilience research on the Upper Mississippi River System
The goal of this research framework is to outline research that would continue to improve our understanding of ecological resilience of the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS) and inform management of the system for health and resilience. We provide a broad overview of recently completed and ongoing work that has been funded as a part of the UMRS Ecological Resilience Assessment and related effo
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Kristen L. Bouska
USGS telemetry database and analyses in support of SEAcarP
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Brent C. Knights, Marybeth K. Brey, Jessica C. Stanton, Travis J. Harrison, Timothy J. Fox, Enrika Hlavacek, James J. Duncker
USGS real-time telemetry in support of management
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Brent C. Knights, Marybeth K. Brey, Douglas Appel, Travis J. Harrison, James J. Duncker
USGS Illinois River catch database and visualization
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Enrika Hlavacek, Travis J. Harrison, Brent C. Knights, Marybeth K. Brey
USGS geospatial support for unified fishing method
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Kevin D. Hop, Andrew C. Strassman, Jonathan M. Vallazza, Brent C. Knights
Stream corridor sources of suspended sediment and phosphorus from an agricultural tributary to the Great Lakes
Fine-grained sediment and phosphorous are major contaminants in the Great Lakes and their tributaries. Plum Creek, Wisconsin (92 km2), a tributary to the Lower Fox River, has a Total Maximum Daily Load
(TMDL) requiring reductions of suspended sediment and phosphorus loading by 70% and 77%, respectively. In 2016-18, an integrated sediment fingerprinting and stream corridor-based sediment budget s
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Faith A. Fitzpatrick, James Blount, Leah Kammel, David L. Hoover, Allen C. Gellis, Barbara C. Scudder Eikenberry