Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Long Term Resource Monitoring
Ecological Status and Trends of the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers
Ecological Status and Trends of the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers
Scientific Investigations Report
Breeding Birds of the Upper Mississippi River Floodplain Forest: One Community in a Changing Forest, 1994 to 1997
Breeding Birds of the Upper Mississippi River Floodplain Forest: One Community in a Changing Forest, 1994 to 1997
Bat Research
White-nose syndrome (WNS) caused by the fungal pathogen Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd)
White-nose syndrome (WNS) caused by the fungal pathogen Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd)
Conservation of Native Freshwater Mussels
Freshwater mussels are the most imperiled group of animals in North America, with 66% of species at risk.
Freshwater mussels are the most imperiled group of animals in North America, with 66% of species at risk.
UMRR Long Term Resource Monitoring
The LTRM is the Nation's largest river monitoring program with six remote state-operated field stations.
The LTRM is the Nation's largest river monitoring program with six remote state-operated field stations.
Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Our Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center's priority is to continue the important work of the Department of the Interior and the USGS, while also maintaining the health and safety of our employees and community. The Center is open with operations adjusted based on guidance from the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force and federal policies and informed by local community transmission level.
News
Hunter survey available for Green Bay and Lake Michigan
Hunter survey available for Green Bay and Lake Michigan
New study of bat habitats and wind energy can help energy providers minimize collisions
New study of bat habitats and wind energy can help energy providers minimize collisions
USGS Friday's Findings - July 12, 2024
USGS Friday's Findings - July 12, 2024
Publications
Brodifacoum isomer formulations with potentially lower risk to non-target wildlife
Anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs) have a long history of successful use in controlling vertebrate pest and invasive species. Despite regulatory efforts to mitigate risk, non-target wildlife may be unintentionally exposed to ARs through various trophic pathways, and depending on dose, exposure can result in adverse effects and mortality. Second-generation ARs (SGARs) are mixtures of cis- and trans-d
Using a time-of-travel sampling approach to quantify per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) stream loading and source inputs in a mixed-source, urban catchment
Understanding per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) mass distribution in surface and groundwater systems can support source prioritization, load reduction, and water management. Thirteen sites within an urban catchment were sampled utilizing a time-of-travel sampling approach to minimize the influence of subdaily fluctuations in mass from PFAS point sources and to quantify PFAS and ancillary
Informative priors can account for location uncertainty in stop-level analyses of the North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS), allowing fine-scale ecological analyses
Ecological inferences are often based on the locations at which species are present, but many species records have substantial uncertainty in spatial metadata, limiting their utility for fine-scale analyses. This is especially prevalent in historical records such as museum specimens, and in some citizen-science data. For example, the North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) has 55+ years of bird
Science
Spruce beetles as ecosystem engineers: Effects of spruce mortality on insect biodiversity and fire behavior in Denali National Park and Preserve
Spruce beetles ( Dendroctonus rufipennis ) are ecosystem engineers that can have substantial effects on forest structure. In 2015, a spruce beetle outbreak began in southcentral Alaska and as of 2021 has impacted 1.6 million acres of land (USFS 2021). This outbreak has expanded quickly and has crossed over the boundary of Denali National Park. Spruce beetles can alter the ecosystem by rapidly...
Multi-species modeling of species-rich communities: assessing taxonomic, functional, and morphological diversity and change
Joint species distribution models (JSDMs) allow researchers to model responses of large numbers of species to their environment while investigating the role of species traits and phylogenetic relationships in these responses. JSDMs can also estimate species associations (non-random co-occurrence patterns) in a way that accounts for differences in species niches. In this project we are applying...
Bird-habitat associations: Accounting for stop-level location uncertainty in the Breeding Bird Survey dataset
Many ecological inferences are based on the locations at which species are detected and on the characteristics (e.g., habitat, climate) of those locations. Yet many species records, particularly in historical datasets, lack precise location information. An example is the North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS), a 55-year record of bird surveys that has revealed large-scale trends in bird...