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Fact Sheet 2009–3045

Taking the Pulse of a River System: Research on the Upper Mississippi River System

A product of the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program

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ABSTRACT

Mark Twain raved about the Mississippi River basin as, “the body of the Nation.” The “upper body,” upstream of the confluence with the Ohio River, includes commercially navigable reaches and branching tributaries that are recreationally and environmentally important. Together they feed and shelter an array of fish and wildlife in their flowing channels, floodplain lakes, backwaters, wetlands, and floodplain forests. Effective river management requires knowledge about factors controlling the dynamics and interactions of important ecosystem components. The Long Term Resource Monitoring Program (LTRMP) is the prized diagnostic tool in the Environmental Management Program for the Upper Mississippi River System that provides critical information about the status and trends of key environmental resources.

First posted June 19, 2009

For additional information contact:
Dr. Barry Johnson,
USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
2630 Fanta Reed Rd.
La Crosse, WI 54603
Telephone (608) 783-6451
FAX (608) 783-6066
http://www.umesc.usgs.gov/

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Suggested citation:

Sauer, J., and Johnson, B., 2009, Taking the pulse of a river system: research on the Upper Mississippi River System: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2009–3045, 4 p.



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