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
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
USGS deploys equipment to measure waves in Upper Mississippi River’s Pool 13
USGS deploys equipment to measure waves in Upper Mississippi River’s Pool 13
Publications
A novel tool to selectively deliver a control agent to filter-feeding silver and bighead carp
Invasive carp pose substantial economic and ecological damage when populations are widespread in freshwater systems within the United States. Resource managers in the United States have few chemical control tools to selectively remove nuisance fish. This study examined whether Antimycin–A (antimycin) wax encapsulated microparticles could cause selective lethality in invasive carps. The antimycin m
Flooding and dam operations facilitate rapid upstream migrations of native and invasive fish species on a regulated large river
Dams commonly restrict fish movements in large rivers but can also help curtail the spread of invasive species, such as invasive bigheaded carps (Hypophthalmichthys spp). To determine how dams in the upper Mississippi River (UMR) affect large-scale invasive and native fish migrations, we tracked American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) and bigheaded carp across > 600 river km (rkm) and 16 navigatio
Acute toxicity of lampricides to non-target species of concern in the Lake Champlain watershed
Previous research evaluated the toxicity of the lampricide 4-nitro-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenol (TFM) and the combination of TFM with 1 % niclosamide (TFM:1%Nic) to multiple non-target species in the Laurentian Great Lakes. However, few toxicity studies have been conducted for species of concern in Lake Champlain (NY and VT). We conducted 12-hour flow-through toxicity tests with 4 species of native m
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...