| River Diversions and Shoaling |
Nov-2008 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
Joseph V Jr; Letter; Pinkard; C F Jr; Nolan K Raphelt; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS COASTAL AND HYDRAULICS LAB
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 | This Coastal and Hydraulics Engineering Technical Note describes the current knowledge of the potential impacts of river diversions on channel morphology, especially induced sedimentation in the river channel. Processes considered in this note are those most pertinent to riverine, as opposed to estuarine, aspects of diversions. In particular, this note provides general guidance on the physical process issues, outlines strategies for more effective application of existing tools, and summarizes the ... |
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| Gulf Sturgeon Movements in and Near the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet |
JUN 2008 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
James P. Kirk; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS ENVIRONMENTAL LAB
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| The Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO) provides year-round navigation between the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. Dredging, which is periodically required to maintain navigation, may impact Gulf sturgeon. Consequently, Gulf sturgeon use of the MRGO and nearby disposal areas was monitored monthly from 2004 through 2006 using telemetry tracking. A total of 50, 40, and 20 Gulf sturgeon were captured yearly by netting in the Pearl and Bogue ... |
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| Evaluation of Potential Impacts of the Lake Maurepas Diversion Project to Gulf and Pallid Sturgeon |
JUN 2008 |
24 pages |
| Authors:
James P. Kirk; K. J. Killgore; Jan J. Hoover; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS ENVIRONMENTAL LAB
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| The impacts to Gulf and pallid sturgeon from a proposed Mississippi River water diversion into the swamps bordering Lake Maurepas were evaluated. Gulf sturgeon were unlikely to be affected by the diversion due to characteristics of their life history. Adult and subadult pallid sturgeon were relatively abundant in the proposed project area and could be affected by the proposed diversion. A risk assessment was performed. Juvenile pallid sturgeon were judged ... |
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| Effect of a Recently Completed Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project on Fish Abundance in La Grange Pool of the Illinois River Using Long Term Resource Monitoring Program Data |
MAR 2008 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
Timothy M. O'Hara; Michael A. McClelland; Kevin S. Irons; Thad R. Cook; Greg G. Sass; ILLINOIS NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY URBANA
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| The Long Term Resource Monitoring Program (LTRMP) fish component monitors fish communities to test for changes in abundances and species composition in six regional trend areas of the Upper Mississippi River System. Using these data, we evaluated the ability of the LTRMP to detect changes in the fish community as a consequence of a habitat-enhancement project in La Grange Pool of the Illinois River. In 1996, initial phases of the ... |
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| Restoration of Delta Streams: A Case History and Conceptual Model |
FEB 2008 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
K. J. Killgore; Jan J. Hoover; Catherine E. Murphy; Kent D. Parrish; David R. Johnson; Karen F. Myers; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS COASTAL AND HYDRAULICS LAB
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| Delta streams, forming in the floodplains of large river systems, are widespread throughout the United States. Delta streams are most prevalent in the Mississippi Embayment, also referred to as the lower Mississippi River Basin. The alluvial flood-plain deposits are typically rich in organic material. Consequently, most delta streams have been altered through intense agricultural activities and flood control measures. Low water, excessive sedimentation in smaller delta streams, and the accumulation ... |
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| Sediment-Water Nitrogen Fluxes in a Backwater System of the Upper Mississippi River |
JAN 2008 |
24 pages |
| Authors:
William F. James; William B. Richardson; David M. Soballe; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS
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| This research quantifies nitrogen (N) fluxes and transformations at the sediment water interface in relation to N loading and uptake for a backwater system of the Upper Mississippi River. Goals of this work were to provide a better understanding of the roles that backwater sediments play in uptake and removal of N for purposes of determining the management potential of increasing hydrological connectivity between large rivers and adjacent backwaters, wetlands, ... |
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| Floodplain Wetlands as Nurseries for Silver Carp, Hypophthalmichthys Molitrix: A Conceptual Model for Use in Managing Local Populations |
NOV 2007 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
Krista A. Varble; Jan J. Hoover; Steven G. George; Catherine E. Murphy; K. J. Killgore; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS
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| This study summarizes recent observations of silver carp, Hypopthalmichthys molitrix, in small wetlands of the Lower Mississippi River and suggests management actions for their control based on wetland hydrology and pattern of fish movements. |
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| Harmful Algal Blooms in the Mississippi Sound and Mobile Bay: Using MODIS Aqua and In Situ Data for HABs in the Northern Gulf of Mexico |
OCT 2007 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Dan Holiday; Gregory Carter; Richard W. Gould; Hugh MacIntyre; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC
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| This study investigates the use of satellite remote sensing to detect blooms and predict environmental conditions leading to the formation of HAVs in the turbid coastal waters along the Mississippi and Alabama shores. Phytoplankton populations and in situ water quality were monitored at 3 to 6 week intervals at 17 locations in Mobile Bay and the Mississippi Sound beginning in July 2005 and continuing thru June 2006 along wi concurrent ... |
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| Application of a Water Quality Model to Mississippi Sound to Evaluate Impacts of Freshwater Diversions |
SEP 2007 |
889 pages |
| Authors:
Mark S. Dortch; Mansour Zakikhani; Mark R. Noel; Sung-Chan Kim; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS ENVIRONMENTAL LAB
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| This report describes the development and application of a water quality model to the Mississippi Sound region to address the impacts of various freshwater diversion alternatives. The CH3D-Sigma (sigma level vertical coordinates) model code was the hydrodynamic model that was used to provide transport fluxes for the CE-QUAL-ICM water quality model. The model domain also included Mobile Bay, the Mississippi coastal bays, Lakes Pontchartrain and Borgne, Biloxi Marsh, and part ... |
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| Current and Historical Sediment Loads in the Lower Mississippi River |
AUG 2007 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
Colin Thorne; Oliver Harmar; Chester Wason; Nick Clifford; Richard Measures; David Biedenharn; NOTTINGHAM UNIV (UNITED KINGDOM)
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| Questions concerning past, present and future temporal trends in the sediment load of the Lower Mississippi River are relevant to the redistribution of available Mississippi River sediment as part of efforts to reduce loss and restore coastal lands in Louisiana. The aim of this project is to compile a comprehensive data base on measured loads in the Lower Mississippi River and supply the evidence base necessary to inform debate on ... |
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| Dutch Perspective on Coastal Louisiana Flood Risk Reduction and Landscape Stabilization |
APR 2007 |
182 pages |
| Authors:
Jos Dijkman; NETHERLANDS WATER PARTNERSHIP DELFT (NETHERLANDS)
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| After the disaster that hurricane Katrina caused along the Gulf coast and in particular in New Orleans (August-September, 2006), many in the United States looked at how the Netherlands protects itself against extreme flood events. Flood protection levels in the Netherlands, by international comparison, are very high but nevertheless affordable. Would the strategy followed by the Dutch not be the example that should be used when considering the long-term flood ... |
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| Methane Hydrate Exploration, Atwater Valley, Texas-Louisiana Shelf: Geophysical and Geochemical Profiles |
27 DEC 2006 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Richard B. Coffin; Joan Gardner; John Pohlman; Ross Downer; Warren Wood; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC
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| From May 14-20, 2004, piston core and heat flow measurements were collected across two mound structures, mound D and mound F, in an area designated as Atwater Valley, a shallow trough on the continental slope south of the Mississippi Delta. Atwater Valley lies at 1,200 to 1,500 m water depth. Several small mound structures occur in the valley, rising less than 50 m above the surrounding seafloor. The UNOLS vessel ... |
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| The Union's Naval War in Louisiana, 1861-1863 |
06 NOV 2006 |
139 pages |
| Authors:
Christopher L. Sledge; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| Union naval operations in Louisiana featured some of the most important operations of the Civil War, and they were led by two of the U.S. Navy's most distinguished officers. During the period from 1861 to 1863, Admirals David G. Farragut and David D. Porter led Union naval forces in Louisiana in conducting the following operations: a blockade of New Orleans, the Confederacy's largest city and busiest commercial port; a naval ... |
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| Distribution and Abundance of the Interior Population of the Least Tern (Sternula Antillarum), 2005; A Review of the First Complete Range-Wide Survey in the Context of Historic and Ongoing Monitoring Efforts |
NOV 2006 |
99 pages |
| Authors:
Casey A. Lott; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS ENVIRONMENTAL LAB
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| The interior population of the Least Tern (Sternula antillarum) was added to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) list of threatened and endangered species in 1985 because of suspected low numbers and concerns about breeding season habitat loss or degradation on large interior rivers. Range-wide survey data were incomplete when Interior Least Terns (ILT) were originally listed. Although many ILT counts have been conducted over the past 20 years, ... |
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| Greenville Bridge Reach, Bendway Weirs |
SEP 2006 |
49 pages |
| Authors:
Michael F. Winkler; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS COASTAL AND HYDRAULICS LAB
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| Greenville Bridge Reach is located on the Mississippi River from river mile 542 to mile 530. The Greenville reach affects tows navigating through the Highway 82 Bridge located at mile 531 approximately 12 miles downbound of Greenville, MS. Research conducted at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) suggested realignment of the channel through the reach and construction of seven bendway weirs would improve navigation conditions through the ... |
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| Temporal and Spatial Trends in the Frequency of Occurrence, Length-Frequency Distributions, Length-Weight Relationships, and Relative Abundance of Upper Mississippi River Fish |
JUL 2006 |
80 pages |
| Authors:
Daniel J. Kirby; Brian S. Ickes; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY LA CROSSE WI UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER
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| This report focuses on fisheries information collected by the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program (LTRMP) in 1993-2002. In 10 years of sampling, more than 24,000 fish community samples from six study areas in the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS) were collected for the LTRMP. More than three million individual fish composing 136 species were collected. Data gathered from this extensive effort were used to address the following four questions: (1) ... |
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| ADH Sediment Module Testing |
JUN 2006 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
Jennifer N. Tate; R. C. Berger; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS
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| The Kate Aubrey reach of the Mississippi River, located north of Memphis, TN, was used as a test domain for the ADaptive Hydraulics (ADH) sediment transport routines. This 27.4 km (17-mile) stretch of river experiences times of wetting and drying and contains several nonerodable dike structures and revetments. This reach is a good test condition for a model since there are two dike configurations in its history, one that did ... |
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| Wave Forces and Moments on Heavily Overtopped Vertical Current Deflection Dike |
MAY 2006 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
Steven A. Hughes; Harley S. Winer; Edward R. Blodgett; ARMY ENGINEER WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION VICKSBURG MS COASTAL AND HYDRAULICS LAB
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| Irregular wave forces on a heavily overtopped thinned-wall vertical current deflection dike were measured during a series of laboratory experiments. The purpose of the experiments was to obtain site-specific engineering values for use in design of a dike located at the mouth of the Mississippi River and to develop generic design guidance for heavily overtopped vertical walls. Predictive equations for the root-mean-squared shoreward-directed peak total force and associated moment arm ... |
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| Effects of Pool Drawdown and Wing Dams (Pool 8), and Closure Damns (Pool 13), on Navigation Channel Sedimentation Processes, Upper Mississippi River |
APR 2006 |
79 pages |
| Authors:
David D. Abraham; Mark A. Cowan; Jon S. Hendrickson; William M. Katzenmeyer; Kevin J. Landwhr; Thad C. Pratt; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS COASTAL AND HYDRAULICS LAB
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| Construction of navigation locks and dams on the upper Mississippi River about 60 years ago submerged wing dam training structures, thereby reducing their effectiveness and increasing secondary channel and floodplain conveyance. The U.S. Army Engineer District, St. Paul, executed a drawdown of Pool 8 (upstream of Lock and Dam No. 8) near La Crosse, WI, during the summers of 2001 and 2002. Water levels were allowed to drop below normal ... |
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| Riverine Force -- A Vital Navy Capability for the Joint Force Commander |
13 FEB 2006 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
Michael C. McCurry; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| Rivers and other restricted waters present a crucial capability gap for the U.S. Military in prosecuting the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). Throughout history, the U.S. Navy has used riverine forces successfully. The U.S. Navy should develop and maintain a robust riverine capability for the Combatant Commander's use. Not only would a riverine force provide a vital capability to the warfighting headquarters, it would increase the relevancy of the U.S. ... |
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| Effect of Residence Time on Net Nitrate Retention in Flow-Regulated Backwaters of the Upper Mississippi River |
FEB 2006 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
William F. James; William B. Richardson; David M. Soballe; John W. Barko; Harry L. Eakin; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS GEOTECHNICAL AND STRUCTURES LAB
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| This research investigated relationships between water residence time and net nitrate retention (i.e., loading minus discharge) in flow-controlled backwater systems of the Upper Mississippi River (UMR). Goals were to gain a better understanding of the management potential for removing nitrogen in large river systems by increasing connectivity between nitrogen-rich main channel areas and backwater habitats. Nitrogen (N) runoff to receiving streams and rivers, particularly in the form of nitrate-nitrite (NO3NO2-N), ... |
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| Finite Element-Based Coastal Ocean Modeling: Today and Tomorrow |
2006 |
4 pages |
| Authors:
C. A. Blain; T. C. Massey; R. A. Arnone; R. W. Gould; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS OCEANOGRAPHY DIV
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| The continued necessity of military special forces operations in riverine and coastal environments along with increasing civilian concerns related to sediment transport, search and rescue, pollutant dispersal, and coastal restoration, have resulted in the need for detailed knowledge of currents and water levels in coastal, estuarine, and riverine environments. This demand for information at highly resolved spatial and temporal scales and the availability of massively parallel computer resources has brought ... |
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| Evaluation of the Macroinvertebrate Component of the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program |
DEC 2005 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
Jennifer Sauer; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY LA CROSSE WI UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER
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| The need for effective monitoring programs to detect population status and trends and to measure the effectiveness of management actions has been voiced by a number of management agencies. It is prudent for any long-term monitoring program to periodically undergo evaluation. In 2002, an evaluation of the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program's (LTRMP) macroinvertebrate component was began to determine whether its current design was still appropriate based on LTRMP objectives, ... |
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| Submersed Aquatic Vegetation Modeling Output Online |
NOV 2005 |
3 pages |
| Authors:
Yao Yin; Jim Rogala; John Sullivan; Jason Rohweder; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY LA CROSSE WI UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER
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| The ability to predict the distribution of submersed aquatic vegetation in the Upper Mississippi River on the basis of physical or chemical variables is useful to resource managers. Wildlife managers have a keen interest in advanced estimates of food quantity such as American wild celery (Vallisneria americana) population status to give out more informed advisories to hunters before the fall hunting season. Predictions for distribution of submerged aquatic vegetation beds ... |
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| Archaeological Survey Within Designated Portions of the Proposed Len Small Floodway in Dogtooth Bend, Alexander County, Illinois |
21 SEP 2005 |
297 pages |
| Authors:
Eric S. Albertson; C. A. Buchner; Randel T. Cox; Alreen A. Hill; PANAMERICAN CONSULTANTS INC MEMPHIS TN
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| This report documents the findings of Phase I cultural resources survey of a portion of the proposed Len Small floodway, Alexander County, Illinois. The proposed Len Small Floodway would be the Illinois portion of the larger Mississippi River and Tributaries Commerce to Birds-Point Levee project also located in Scott County, Missouri. Dogtooth Bend is a large meander loop of the Mississippi River between river miles 14 and 34 upstream from ... |
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| Regional Morphology Analysis Package (RMAP). Part 2. User's Guide and Tutorial |
AUG 2005 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
Brian K. Batten; Nicholas C. Kraus; ARMY ENGINEER WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION VICKSBURG MS COASTAL AND HYDRAULICS LAB
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| This technical note is a user's guide for the Regional Morphology Analysis Package (RMAP), an integrated set of calculation tools developed for manipulating, analyzing, visualizing, and archiving data on shoreline positions and beach profiles in a georeferenced environment on a personal computer. The software interface, options, data importation/ exportation, and data analysis are described, A step-by-step tutorial is provided to familiarize the user with RMAP. |
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| Phase II Archaeological Testing of the Helmkamp Site (11MS2025) in Support of the Proposed Grassy Lake Pump Station and Associated Ditch Work, Wood River Drainage and Levee District, Madison County, Illinois |
APR 2005 |
143 pages |
| Authors:
Joe B. Thompson; David W. Benn; BEAR CREEK ARCHEOLOGY INC DECORAH IA
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| This report documents the findings of Phase II testing of 11MS2O25, the Helmkamp site, in the northern American Bottom in Madison County, Illinois. The legal location of the site, which covers approximately .6 ha (1.4 ac.), is N1/2,SE1/4,SE1/4,SW1/4 and S1/2,NE1/4,SE1/4,SW1/4 of Section 11, T4N,R9W, Madison County, Illinois. Bear Creek Archeology, Inc., Cresco, IA, conducted the testing under contract with the St. Louis Corps of Engineers. A geomorphic investigation found that ... |
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| Multiyear Synthesis of the Aquatic Vegetation Component from 1991 to 2002 for the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program |
JAN 2005 |
45 pages |
| Authors:
Yao Yin; Heidi Langrehr; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY LA CROSSE WI UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER
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| Aquatic vegetation data were collected in the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS) under the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program (LTRMP). From 1991 to 2002, five reaches were surveyed every year (key pools), and another five reaches were surveyed once (outpools). The study design changed from a protocol involving sampling along transects (1991-2000) to a protocol incorporating stratified random sampling (1998-2002) with concurrent sampling under both protocols in 1998-2000. The frequency ... |
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| Middle Mississippi River Decision Support System: User's Manual (CD-ROM) |
2005 |
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| Authors:
Jason J. Rohweder; Steven J. Zigler; Timothy J. Fox; Steven N. Hulse; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RESTON VA
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 | ELECTRONIC FILE CHARACTERISTICS: 1233 files; Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) and ArcView 3.x files. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 2 CD-ROMs; 4 3/4 in.; 1.03 GB. SYSTEMS DETAIL NOTE: ArcView 3.x is required to view data files. ABSTRACT: This user's manual describes the Middle Mississippi River Decision Support System (MMRDSS) and gives detailed examples on its use. The MMRDSS provides a framework to assist decision makers regarding natural resource issues in the Middle Mississippi River ... |
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| Biogeo-Optics: Backscattering Cross Sections for Suspended Mineral and Organic Matter in the Coastal and Near-Coastal Ocean |
20 DEC 2004 |
10 pages |
| Authors:
Robert H. Stavn; Bruce A. Spiering; Richard W. Gould Jr; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS OCEANOGRAPHY DIV
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| Suspended mineral matter Continues to be the major block to adequate parameterization of optical Case 2 waters, especially Nearshore waters. This mineral matter has an overriding effect on the optics of coastal waters as will be demonstrated in this report. There is a paucity of optical information for the suspended mineral matter of coastal waters which we will be attempting to rectify here. With the information we are suppling & ... |
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| Multiyear Synthesis of the Macroinvertebrate Component From 1992 to 2002 for the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program |
DEC 2004 |
58 pages |
| Authors:
Jennifer Sauer; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY LA CROSSE WI UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER
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| In 1992, macroinvertebrate sampling was begun in Pools 4, 8, 13, and 26; the Open River Reach of the Mississippi River; and La Grange Pool of the Illinois River as part of the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program. Long-term monitoring is needed to detect population trends and local changes in aquatic ecosystems. We selected mayflies (Ephemeroptera), fingernail clams (Pisidiidae), and the exotic Corbicula species for monitoring. Midges (Chironomidae) were added ... |
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| Cultural Resources Survey and Archeological Inventory of the Proposed Carrollton Revetment Project, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, Phase 1. Volume 1 of 2 |
NOV 2004 |
477 pages |
| Authors:
Kari Krause; Katy Coyle; Sam Turner; J. B. Pelletier; Jeremy Pincoske; David George; William P. Athens; R. C. Goodwin; GOODWIN (R CHRISTOPHER) AND ASSOCIATES INC NEW ORLEANS LA
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| This document presents the results of an investigation by R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc., between Aug 11 and Sep 2, 2003, for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District. The proposed project area is located along the east-descending bank of the Mississippi River between River Mile 101.6 and 102.5 in Orleans Parish, LA. The terrestrial portion of the proposed Area of Potential Effect encompassed an area that ... |
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| Phase I Cultural Resources Survey and Archeological Inventory of a Proposed 1.12 ha (2.87 ac) Borrow Pit and an Associated Access Road, Ascension Parish, Louisiana |
OCT 2004 |
96 pages |
| Authors:
Catherine Labadia; Marie Pokrant; Jeremy Pincoske; David George; GOODWIN (R CHRISTOPHER) AND ASSOCIATES INC NEW ORLEANS LA
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| This document presents the results of a Phase I cultural resources survey of a proposed borrow pit and associated access road in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. This survey was conducted by R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc., in July 2003; it was performed on behalf of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District. The proposed borrow pit is located on the right descending bank of the Mississippi River (northeast ... |
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| A Suspended Sediment Budget for Pool 13 and La Grange Pool of the Upper Mississippi River System |
SEP 2004 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Robert F. Gaugush; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY LA CROSSE WI UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER
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| The suspended sediment budget for Pool 13 of the Mississippi River and La Orange Pool of the Illinois River was examined over a 3-yr period (October 1995 through September 1997). Pool 13 output was between 3.07 and 3.64 million t (metric tons) of suspended sediment annually during the study period. Loads to Pool 13 were dominated by those delivered by the Mississippi River (76%, 74%, and 66% in the 1995, ... |
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| ReSpell Checkgional Morphology Analysis Package (RMAP). Part 1. Overview |
SEP 2004 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Brian K. Batten; Nicholas C. Kraus; ARMY ENGINEER WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION VICKSBURG MS COASTAL AND HYDRAULICS LAB
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| This regional Sediment Management (RSM) Technical Note describes the Regional Morphology Analysis Package (RMAP), an integrated set of tools developed for manipulating, analyzing, visualizing, and archiving data on shoreline positions and beach profiles in a georeferenced environment on a personal computer. Information can be referenced to and displayed on aerial photographs and maps. Developed to support regional as well as local project studies, data types and analysis procedures are applicable ... |
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| A Probability Tree Applied to a Common Zebra Mussel Dispersal Issue |
MAY 2004 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
Barry S. Payne; Andrew C. Miller; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS
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| The purpose of this technical note is to show how a probability tree can be used to structure consideration of uncertainties surrounding zebra mussel dispersal. Probability trees are diagrammatic tools often used as part of formal decision analysis (Clemens and Reilly 2001). This particular tree considers uncertainties about the spread of zebra mussels to Bayou Bartholomew in light of existing data and knowledge concerning the physiological ecology of the species. ... |
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| Laboratory Test of Scour Under Ice: Data and Preliminary Results |
APR 2004 |
182 pages |
| Authors:
Decker Hains; Leonard Zabilansky; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER HANOVER NH COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB
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| An ice cover may be a major factor determining how alluvial channel morphology evolves in rivers, and a significant influence on bridge pier scour. This was confirmed with real-time monitoring of the bed elevation and extensive bathymetry measurements made in the Mississippi River, the Missouri River, and the White River in Vermont. In all cases, the sediment process was significantly different from what existing sediment equations would predict. This laboratory ... |
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| Long Term Resource Monitoring Program, Outpool Fisheries Analysis |
MAR 2004 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
John H. Chick; Mark A. Pegg; ILLINOIS NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY HAVANARIVER BIOLOGICAL STATION
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| This study was designed to assess whether fish community data collected for the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program (LTRMP) from six regional trend analysis (RTA) areas of the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS) can he used to make inferences to the system as a whole. Spatial coverage of fish monitor(monitoring for three LTRMP field stations was extended to "outpools" immediately above and below RTA pools 4 and 13 and the ... |
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| Integrated Bioenvironmental Hazards Program |
04 FEB 2004 |
70 pages |
| Authors:
TULANE UNIV NEW ORLEANS LA CENTER FOR BIOENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
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| Beginning in April 1999, the Center for Bioenvironmental Research (CBR) at Tulane and Xavier Universities has received funding from the Office of Naval Research to continue its Bioenvironmental Hazards Research Program (BHRP). This funding has supported a suite of complementary research projects that address the impacts of bioenvironmental hazards on environmental signaling from molecular to ecosystem levels and makes connections between these impacts. The research ranges from basic research on ... |
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| Immunoassay Screening of Sediment Cores for Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Devil's Swamp Lake Near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2004 |
2004 |
16 pages |
| Authors:
Peter C. Van Metre; Jennifer T. Wilson; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WASHINGTON DC
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| Devil's Swamp Lake near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, constructed by dredging in 1973 in Devil's Swamp along the Mississippi River, is contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). This study investigated the possible historical contribution of PCBs from a hazardous-chemical disposal facility by way of a wastewater drainage ditch that operated from 1971 to 1993. Six sediment cores from the lake and three bottom-material samples from the drainage ditch were collected on October ... |
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| General Classification Handbook for Floodplain Vegetation in Large River Systems. Chapter 1 of Book 2, Collection of Environmental Data |
2004 |
57 pages |
| Authors:
Jennifer J. Dieck; Larry R. Robinson; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY LA CROSSE WI UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER
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| This handbook describes the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program (LTRMP) General Wetland Vegetation Classification System developed as part of a multi-state and Federal partnership for the Upper Mississippi River System. This classification system consists of land cover/land use maps throughout this diverse river system. In addition, it describes the evolution of the General Wetland Vegetation Classification System, discusses the process of creating a map, and describes each of the 31 ... |
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| Data Collection and Analysis of Moisture and Soil Strength Information for Validation of New State-of-the-Ground Models |
SEP 2003 |
93 pages |
| Authors:
George L. Mason; Dennis W. Moore; Glenda M. Brandon; David L. Leese; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS GEOTECHNICAL AND STRUCTURES LAB
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| This report provides data from a weather station near Mound, LA, on a fluvial plain at a site entitled Mud Lake. Mud Lake is located across the Mississippi River, 10 miles from Vicksburg, MS. The weather station data were collected over a 1-year period. These data are reported real-time through telemetry to the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Vicksburg. Data collection teams were sent to the site ... |
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| Data Collection and Analysis of Moisture and Soil Strength Information for Validation of New State-of-the-Ground Models (CD-ROM) |
SEP 2003 |
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| Authors:
George L. Mason; Dennis W. Moore; Glenda M. Brandon; David L. Leese; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS GEOTECHNICAL AND STRUCTURES LAB
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| ELECTRONIC FILE CHARACTERISTICS: 11 files; Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) and MS Excel (.XLS). PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 computer laser optical disc (CD-ROM); 4 3/4 in.; 182 MB. SYSTEMS DETAIL NOTE: IBM-clone PC-compatible. ABSTRACT: This report provides data from a weather station near Mound, LA, on a fluvial plain at a site entitled Mud Lake. Mud Lake is located across the Mississippi River, 10 miles from Vicksburg, MS. The weather station data were ... |
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| Nutrients in the Upper Mississippi River: Scientific Information to Support Management Decisions. The Upper Mississippi River - Values and Vulnerability |
JUL 2003 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WASHINGTON DC
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| The Upper Mississippi River (UMR) flows south about 1,300 miles from its headwaters in Minnesota to its confluence with the Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois. The river gains volume along its path as it drains nearly 190,000 square miles (490,000 km2) of land, extending over parts of South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri (fig. 1). The UMR is valued as a multiple-use resource where commercial navigation, water supply, ... |
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| Effects of Headcutting on the Bottomland Hardwood Wetlands Adjacent to the Wolf River, Tennessee |
FEB 2003 |
12 pages |
| Authors:
Karen Weins; Thomas H. Roberts; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS
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| The Wolf River in western Tennessee has experienced severe channel erosion in the form of headcutting and downcutting that has extended 17 kilometers upstream from the location at which channelization ceased in 1964. Due to wider and deeper channel dimensions in this reach, the river no longer inundates the floodplain. This technical note describes a study to determine how this hydrologic change has affected the bottomland hardwood (BLH) wetlands adjacent ... |
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| Evaluation and Proposed Refinement of the Sampling Design for the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program's Fish Component (CD-ROM) |
29 JAN 2003 |
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| Authors:
Brian S. Ickes; Randy W. Burkhardt; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY LA CROSSE WI UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER
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| ELECTRONIC FILE CHARACTERISTICS: 10,353 files; HyperText Markup Language (.HTML), MS Word (.DOC), Microsoft Access Database (.MDB), and SAS files (.SAS). PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 computer laser optical disc (CD-ROM); 4 3/4 in.; 372 MB. SYSTEMS DETAIL NOTE: IBM-clone PC-compatible. ABSTRACT: Environmental monitoring programs are frequently designed to track changes in key physical, chemical, and biological features of an ecosystem. As such, these programs provide critical information for detecting changes in system ... |
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| Flexible Pipeline Increases Ship Channel Dredging Research. Volume 5, Number 4. December 2002. Flexible Pipeline Increases Ship Channel Safety for Dustpan Dredge Operations During Marsh Creation (Part 2) |
DEC 2002 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
Timothy L. Welp; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS COASTAL AND HYDRAULICSLAB
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| MOVE OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC. Hopper dredges move dredged material out of the channel and redeposit it somewhere else in the waterway. There is no beneficial use of the dredged material, unless it is handled again at additional cost to get it out of the waterway. Hopper dredges can use direct pump-out to place material in adjacent marsh but have never been used for beneficial use projects at ... |
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| Evaluation and Proposed Refinement of the Sampling Design for the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program's Fish Component |
OCT 2002 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Brian S. Ickes; Randy W. Burkhardt; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY LA CROSSE WI UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER
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| Environmental monitoring programs are frequently designed to track changes in key physical, chemical, and biological features of an ecosystem. As such, these programs provide critical information for detecting changes in system state, investigating causal mechanisms of the observed changes, and making resource management decisions. Because monitoring programs require significant investments of time, money, and human resources to implement and maintain, periodic evaluations of monitoring programs are necessary to determine if ... |
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| Longitudinal Gradients in Phosphorus Characteristics in the Minnesota- Upper Mississippi River System |
AUG 2002 |
10 pages |
| Authors:
William F. James; John W. Barko; Harry L. Eakin; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS
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| This technical note describes longitudinal patterns in soluble phosphorus and biologically available particulate phosphorus and equilibrium characteristics for suspended sediment collected at stations located along the Minnesota River (near its headwaters to the mouth) and the Upper Mississippi River (between the Minnesota River confluence and Lock and Dam 2). |
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| Salinity Changes in Pontchartrain Basin Estuary, Louisiana, Resulting from Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Partial Closure Plans with Width Reduction |
AUG 2002 |
42 pages |
| Authors:
J. N. Tate; A. R. Carrillo; R. C. Berger; B. J. Thibodeaux; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS COASTAL AND HYDRAULICSLAB
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| The Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet (MRGO) consists of a ship channel 36 ft deep and 500 ft wide, extending approximately 76 miles from the juncture of the Inner Harbor Navigation Channel and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in New Orleans, LA, to the -38 mlw (mean low water) -ft contour in the Gulf of Mexico, The purpose of the MRGO is to provide a deep-draft channel to the Port of New Orleans ... |
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