EFFECTS OF INCREASED COMMERCIAL NAVIGATION TRAFFIC ON FRESHWATER MUSSELS IN THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER: 1993 STUDIES

In 1988, The U.S. Army Engineer District, St. Louis, initiated a monitoring program to analyze the effect of commercial navigation traffic on freshwater mussels, especially the endangered Lamsilis higginsi, in the upper Mississippi River (UMR). Preliminary studies were conducted in 1988, and detailed studies were initiated in 1989 and will continue until 1994. In August-September 1993, freshwater mussels were collected using qualitative and quantitative methods in the main and east channel of Pool 10 near River Mile 635.2. The sampling program was reduced in 1993 because of high water throughout most of the UMR. This report provides results of the 1993 studies.

• Corporate Authors:

  U.S. Army Waterways Experiment Station

  3909 Halls Ferry Road
  Vicksburg, MS  United States  39180-6199
• Authors:
  • Miller, A C
  • Payne, B S
• Publication Date: 1995-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 65 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commercial transportation; Environmental impacts; Fishes; Fresh water; Monitoring; Rivers; Ship pilotage
• Old TRIS Terms: River navigation
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00720341
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: WES-TR-EL-95-11
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 11 1996 12:00AM