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Evidence of Asian carp spawning above a key choke point in the Mississippi River: Data
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Bighead Carp, Silver Carp and Grass Carp (collectively Asian carp) were introduced to North America in the 1960s and 70s and have established in the lower Mississippi... -
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Backwater Sedimentation in Navigation Pools 4 and 8 of the Upper Mississippi River
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Transects in backwaters of Navigation Pools 4 and 8 of the Upper Mississippi River (UMR) were established in 1997 to measure sedimentation rates. Annual surveys were... -
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Environmental DNA metabarcoding as a tool for biodiversity assessment and monitoring: Reconstructing established fish communities of north-temperate lakes and rivers
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To evaluate the ability of precipitation-based environmental DNA (eDNA) sample collection and mitochondrial 12S metabarcoding sequencing to reconstruct well-studied... -
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EFFECTS OF FLOOD INUNDATION AND INVASION BY Phalaris arundinacea ON NITROGEN CYCLING IN AN UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOODPLAIN FOREST
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This data set consists of monthly averages of soil and litter properties. Rows are grouped in the following order: year, month, vegetation type, plot ID. Within a... -
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Habitat diversity and longitudinal connectivity limit the functional diversity and redundancy of fishes in a large river: Data
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The csv file includes all individual non-young-of-year fishes collected in unstructured channel borders of the Upper Mississippi River using daytime electrofishing... -
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Sagittaria flooding tolerance experiment data
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To assess the flooding tolerance of Sagittaria latifolia and S. rigida, we assessed three levels of timing of inundation (early- [11 June], mid- [12 July], late-... -
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Submersed Macrophyte Biomass Estimates in Pools 4, 8 and 13 of the Upper Mississippi River, 1998-2018
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System-scale restoration efforts within the Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program have included annual monitoring of submersed aquatic vegetation (SAV) since... -
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Maquoketa River Floodplain-River Connectivity 2014-2016 Data
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The Maquoketa River carries some of the highest sediment and nutrient loads in the Upper Mississippi River, contributing to eutrophication and hypoxic conditions in... -
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Forest biomass projections under alternative management and hydrological scenarios in the Reno Bottoms area of the Upper Mississippi River floodplain
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Floodplain forests are being transformed by multiple pressures, prompting widespread management and restoration efforts. It is uncertain how disturbances, including... -
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Floodplain Forest Canopy Gap Survey Data for select gaps in pools of the Upper Mississippi River
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These data are a component of a floodplain forest canopy gap dynamics study initiated in 2019 and funded through the US Army Corps of Engineers Upper Mississippi... -
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Upper Mississippi River System Vital Rate Data - Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) 2018-2020
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This dataset includes bluegill age data from five study reaches of the Mississippi River and one study reach from the Illinois River as presented in the manuscript... -
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Winter Sediment Oxygen Demand and Sediment Characteristics in Pools 4, 8, and 13 of the Upper Mississippi River, 2022
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Many ecological processes affect availability of winter dissolved oxygen (DO) concentrations in rivers, a key feature of overwintering fish habitat. Sediment oxygen... -
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Otolith microchemistry for quantifying contributions of tributaries to predators and prey fish in the Upper Mississippi River
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Laser ablation inductively coupled mass spectrometry was used to quantify Strontium:Calcium of the core of each otolith and classified each fish to a natal origin... -
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Rotifera in Lake Pepin in the Upper Mississippi River from 2012 to 2015: Data
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Limited information is known regarding the rotifer community on the Upper Mississippi River (UMR). Studies have shown that rotifers are a common prey for invasive... -
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Predictions for the presence of submersed aquatic vegetation in the upper Mississippi River, USA, from years 2010-2019
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The datasets are to accompany a manuscript describing the prediction of submersed aquatic vegetation presence and its potential vulnerability and recovery potential.... -
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Otolith microchemistry of adult bigheaded carp for determining early-life environments in the Upper Mississippi River 2016-2018
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Data set includes water Sr:Ca, Ba:Ca, and δ18O for the Mississippi River and tributaries, and otolith Sr:Ca, Ba:Ca, and δ18O data from bigheaded carp (Silver Carp and... -
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Developing Methods Estimating Submersed Aquatic Vegetation Biomass in the Upper Mississippi River
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Estimation of submersed aquatic vegetation (SAV) biomass was evaluated using field data collected in 2017, and targeted analyses of three existing data sets: 1) Yin... -
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Otolith microchemistry and microstructure of age-0 silver carp for determining early-life environments and spawning periodicity in the Upper Mississippi River in 2016
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In 2016, for the first time, an abundance of age-0 silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) were captured at several sites upstream of Lock and Dam 19 on the Upper... -
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Spatial and temporal relationships between the invasive snail Bithynia tentaculata and submersed aquatic vegetation in Pool 8 of the Upper Mississippi River
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This data set consists of density ratings of submersed aquatic vegetation and Bithynia tentaculata abundance in Pool 8 of the UMR in 2015. -
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Development of an age estimation method for Grass Carp from North America
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The development of a reliable method of age estimation for Grass Carp is necessary for the successful management of this invasive species. Multiple federal and state...