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The LTRM element is one of two components of the federally mandated Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program.
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Bacteria Enumerations from Surface Water and Bed Sediment Collected from a Mudflat in Palo Alto, California, 2021-2024 Bacteria Enumerations from Surface Water and Bed Sediment Collected from a Mudflat in Palo Alto, California, 2021-2024
USGS scientists enumerated bacteria, including bacterial pathogens, from surface water and sand/sediment collected at an intertidal site (mudflat) near the outfall the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP). This site has been monitored for metal concentrations and benthic invertebrate community for the last 30 years. Continued efforts to document changes in pollutant
Data for the evaluation of the acute toxicity of 4-nitro-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenol (TFM) to Burbot (Lota lota) Data for the evaluation of the acute toxicity of 4-nitro-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenol (TFM) to Burbot (Lota lota)
The dataset provides access to all data used in the interpretation of results for the study including dose response curves from toxicity tests, predicted minimum lethal concentration data, water quality data, and mortality data.
Summary from posterior distributions of multistate movement model for silver carp in the upper Mississippi River from 2014 to 2021 Summary from posterior distributions of multistate movement model for silver carp in the upper Mississippi River from 2014 to 2021
This data contains the mean and standard deviations for movement rates for silver carp in the upper Mississippi River 2014 and 2021. The data are summaries of the posterior distribution from a Bayesian multistate model described in Stanton et al. 2024 (https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17834). References: Stanton JC, Brey MK, Coulter AA, Stewart DR, Knights B. 2024. Bayesian multistate...
Forest biomass projections under alternative management and hydrological scenarios in the Reno Bottoms area of the Upper Mississippi River floodplain Forest biomass projections under alternative management and hydrological scenarios in the Reno Bottoms area of the Upper Mississippi River floodplain
Floodplain forests are being transformed by multiple pressures, prompting widespread management and restoration efforts. It is uncertain how disturbances, including hydrologic change, and management actions will interact to influence the ecology of these threatened forests. Here, we present the results of a forest landscape model in support of an ecological study detailed in the...
Spatial distribution of native freshwater mussels across six reaches of the upper Mississippi River, 2006-2019 Spatial distribution of native freshwater mussels across six reaches of the upper Mississippi River, 2006-2019
We conducted large-scale systematic surveys for native mussels across six reaches of the upper Mississippi River. In each reach, divers placed two 0.25 square meter quadrat frames on the river bottom. The duplicate quadrats, which were placed 10 m apart in an upstream to downstream direction, were used to increase the area sampled at each site and increase the effectiveness of this...
Annual variation in summer phytoplankton communities influenced by river morphology and seasonal environmental conditions Annual variation in summer phytoplankton communities influenced by river morphology and seasonal environmental conditions
Phytoplankton samples were collected from the La Grange reach of the Illinois River from 2010-2020. Samples were collected from main channel, side channel and backwater areas. The following dataset includes phytoplankton community data (e.g., taxa, biovolume, cell counts, etc.). Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by...
Great Lakes seamless topobathymetric digital elevation models and shaded relief maps Great Lakes seamless topobathymetric digital elevation models and shaded relief maps
Modifications were made to existing great lakes topobathy data sets to interpolate areas of missing near shore elevation data. Areas with missing elevation data were not interpolated where there was low confidence in the underlying depth. This included rivers, canals, harbors, lakes, reservoirs, etc. Areas important for targeting Phragmites australis management often lie within these...
Anesthetic properties of carbon dioxide on native and invasive fishes Anesthetic properties of carbon dioxide on native and invasive fishes
This study evaluated the anesthetic properties of dissolved carbon dioxide on six fish species to determine its efficacy for use in sedating wild caught fish for surgeries. Phase I of this study aimed to inform induction time, recovery time, and short-term survival of fish using five different concentrations of carbon dioxide at one water temperature. Phase II determined the induction...
Acute Toxicity of Carbon Dioxide to Crayfish Acute Toxicity of Carbon Dioxide to Crayfish
This study evaluated the use of dissolved carbon dioxide as a control method for invasive crayfish. Five concentrations of CO2 were administered to twenty-four test tanks at a water temperature of 5°C. Initially, Red Swamp Crayfish (RSC; Procambarus clarkii) were intended to be the test species used in the study. However, problems with obtaining a healthy population of RSC occurred, so...
High spatial resolution sensor-based surface water quality along 540 kilometers of the Illinois Waterway, 2022 and 2023 High spatial resolution sensor-based surface water quality along 540 kilometers of the Illinois Waterway, 2022 and 2023
In support of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)-Next Generation Water Observing System (NGWOS) program, water quality data were collected in 2022-2023 in the Illinois River Basin—the third USGS Integrated Water Science (IWS) basin. These data were collected to document spatial heterogeneity in water quality across seasons and hydrologic conditions and to improve predictions of carbon and...
Upper Mississippi River native mussel sampling quadrat 10, 100, 500 and 1000-meter radius hydrologically-enforced buffers and associated landscape metric calculations Upper Mississippi River native mussel sampling quadrat 10, 100, 500 and 1000-meter radius hydrologically-enforced buffers and associated landscape metric calculations
A systematic sampling design was developed to sample mussels in Upper Mississippi River navigation pools 3, 5, 6, 8, 13 and 18. Hydrologically-enforced buffers were created at a hierarchy of scales to better determine the extent of influence on mussel population assemblages. Buffers were generated using a radii of 10, 100, 500 and 1,000 meters from the quadrat site point. Several...
Data from the Study of Stream Corridor Sources of Suspended Sediment and Phosphorus in Plum Creek, Wisconsin, 2016-2018 Data from the Study of Stream Corridor Sources of Suspended Sediment and Phosphorus in Plum Creek, Wisconsin, 2016-2018
Geomorphic assessment and sediment data were collected in 2017 for an integrated sediment fingerprinting and stream corridor-based sediment budget study of Plum Creek, a tributary to the Lower Fox River and Green Bay, Wisconsin. Data were collected for 30 stream reaches and include quantitative and qualitative measurements of channel geometry, bank and gully erosion, soft bed sediment...