Mississippi River Bibliography

This bibliography is in the early stages of development. It is currently listed by major grouping (fish, organic matter, etc.). It will become a searchable database in the future.

Algae (Benthic Attached)

Luttenton, M.L. and R.G. Rada. 1986. Effects of disturbance on epiphytic community architecture. Journal of Phycology 22:320-326.

Luttenton, M.L., J.B. Vansteenburg, and R.G. Rada. 1986. Phycoperiphyton in selected reaches of the Upper Mississippi River: community composition, architecture, and productivity. Hydrobiologia 136:31-46.

Bacteria

Henebry, M.S. and R.W. Gorden. 1989. Summer bacterial populations in Mississippi River Pool 19: implications for secondary production. Hydrobiologia 182:15-23.

Benthic Invertebrates

Bhowmik, N. G., and e. al. 1994. The 1993 flood on the Mississippi River in Illinois. Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois.


Delong, M. D. and N. D. Mundahl. 1995. Habitat availability and invertebrate habitat utilization in the lower Chippewa River, a river subjected to hydropower peaking. Final report to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Eau Claire.

Delong, M. D., J. H. Thorp, K. S. Greenwood, and M. C. Miller. 2001. Responses of consumers and food resources to a high magnitude, unpredicted flood in the upper Mississippi River Basin. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management 17:217-234.

Dukerschein, J. T., R. Gent, and J. Sauer. 1997. Recovery of macroinvertebrates by screening in the field: a comparison between coarse (1.18 mm) and fine (0.60 mm) mesh sieves. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 11:61-65.

Eckblad, J. 1992. Sampling the dominant benthic macroinvertebrates of Mississippi River backwater lakes. Environmental Management Technical Center, Onalaska, WI.

Farr, M. D., E. D. Hubertz, S. P. Cobb, and A. C. Miller. Effects of artificial concrete mattress surface design on habitat value for macroinvertebrates and population structure of two dominant species of aquatic insect larvae in the lower Mississippi River. Regulated Rivers - a review copy - not published in 1995 .

Kirby, D., and S. A. Gritter. 1998. Macroinvertebrate monitoring in Pool 13, upper Mississippi River (UMR). U.S. Geological Survey, Environmental Management Technical Center, Onalaska, WI.

Koetsier, P., and C. F. Bryan. 1995. Effects of abiotic factors on macroinvertebrate drift in the lower Mississippi River, Louisiana. American Midland Naturalist 134:63-74.

Matter, W. J., and A. J. Hopwood. 1980. Vertical distribution of invertebrate drift in a large river. Limnology and Oceanography 25:1117-1121.

Neuswanger, D. J., W. W. Taylor, and J. B. Reynolds. 1982. Comparison of macroinvertebrate herpobenthos and haptobenthos in side channel and slough in the upper Mississippi River. Freshwater Invertebrate Biology 1:13-23.

Nord, A. E., and J. C. Schmulbach. 1973. A comparison of the macroinvertebrate aufwuchs in the unstabilized and stabilized Missouri River. Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science 52:127-139.

Sauer, J. 1998a. Annual status report, 1997: Macroinvertebrate sampling. U.S. Geological Survey, Environmental Management and Technical Center, Onalaska, WI.

Sauer, J. 1998b. Temporal analyses of select macroinvertebrates in the upper Mississippi River System, 1992-1995. U.S. Geological Survey, Environmental Technical Management Center, Onalaska, WI.

Sauer, J. S. 1996. Temporal analyses of select macroinvertebrates in the upper Mississippi River system

Sauer, J. S. 1997a. Annual status report, 1993: macroinvertebrate sampling. LTRMP, Onalaska, WI.

Sauer, J. S. 1997b. Annual status report, 1994: macroinvertebrate sampling. U.S. Geological Survey, Onalaska, Wisconsin.

Sauer, J. S. 1997c. Annual status report, 1995: macroinvertebrate sampling. LTRMP, Onalaska, SI.

Sauer, J. S. 1997d. Annual status report, 1996: macroinvertebrate sampling. LTRMP, Onalaska, WI.

Sauer, J. S. 1999a. Annual status report, 1998: macroinvertebrate sampling. Upper Midwest Science Center, Onalaska, WI.

Sauer, J. S. 1999b. Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) and fingernail clams (Sphaeriidae) at selected sites in the upper Mississippi River System. Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, Onalaska, WI.

Seagle, H. H., Jr., J. C. Hutton, and K. S. Lubinski. A comparison of benthic invertebrate community composition in the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers, Pool 26. Journal of Freshwater Ecology .

Theiling, C., R. Maher, and R. Sparks. 1996. Effects of variable annual hydrology on a river regulated for navigation: Pool 26, Upper Mississippi River System. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 11:101-114.

Thorp, J. H., M. D. Delong, and A. F. Casper. 1998. In situ experiments on predatory regulation of a bivalve mollusc (Dreissena polymorpha) in the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. Freshwater Biology 39:649-661.

Tyrell, M., and D. J. Hornbach. 1998. Selective predation by muskrats on freshwater mussels in 2 Minnesota rivers. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 17:301-310.

Wells, F. C., and C. R. Demas. 1979. Benthic invertebrates of the lower Mississippi River. Water Resources Bulletin 15.

Fish

Bartels, A. D. 1997. Growth of selected fishes in navigation Pool 8 of the uper Mississippi River: a test of the flood-pulse concept. LTRMP, Onalaska, WI.

Bertrand, B. A. 1997. Changes in the Mississippi River fishery along Illinois, 1976-1996. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 12:585-597.

Bhowmik, N. G., and others. 1994. The 1993 flood on the Mississippi River in Illinois. Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois.

Bowler, M. C., and S. A. Gritters. 1998. Fisheries monitoring in the LTRMP on Pool 13, upper Mississippi River (UMR). U.S. Geological Survey, Environmental Management Technical Center, Onalaska, WI.

Burkhardt, R. W., and others. 1997. 1996 annual status report: a summary of fish data in six reaches of the upper Mississippi River System. LTRMP, Onalaska, WI.

Delong, M. D., J. H. Thorp, K. S. Greenwood, and M. C. Miller. 2001. Responses of consumers and food resources to a high magnitude, unpredicted flood in the upper Mississippi River Basin. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management 17:217-234.

Dewey, M. R., W. B. Richardson, and S. J. Zigler. 1997. Patterns of foraging and distribution of bluegill sunfish in a Mississippi River backwater: influence of macrophytes and predation. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 6:8-15.

Fitzpatrick, J. F., Jr. 1989. Procambarus (Pennides) vioscai paynei, a new subspecies fo crawfish fro meast of the Mississippi River (Decapoda, Cambaridae). American Midland Naturalist 123:259-267.

Gent, R., J. Pitalo, Jr., and T. Boland. 1995. Largemouth bass response to habitat and water quality rehabilitation in a backwater of the upper Mississippi River. North American Journal of fisheries Management 15:784-793.

Gritters, S. A. 1997. Comparison of catch between 3 x 6 and 2 x 4 Fyke nets on upper Mississippi River backwater lakes. LTRMP, Onalaska , WI.

Gutreuter, S. 1997a. 1992 annual status report: a summary of fish data in six reaches of the upper Mississippi River System. LTRMP, Onalaska, WI.

Gutreuter, S. 1997b. Fish monitoring by the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program on the upper Mississippi River: 1990-1994

Gutreuter, S., and others. 1997a. 1993 Annual status report: a summary of fish data in six reaches of the upper Mississippi River System. Environmental Management Technical Center, Onalaska, WI.

Gutreuter, S., and others 1997b. 1994 Annual status report: a summary of fish data in six reaches of the upper Mississippi River system. LTRMP, Onalaska, WI.

Gutreuter, S., and others 1998. 1991 Annual status report: a summary of fish data in six reaches of the upper Mississippi River system. U.S. Geological Survey, Environmental Management Technical Center, Onalaska, WI.

Gutreuter, S., and others. 1997. 1995 annual status report: a summary of fish data in six reaches of the upper Mississippi River System. LTRMP, Onalaska, WI.

Hrabik, R. A. 1996. A new distributional record of Notropis topeka (Teleostei:Cypriniformes) from the Mississippi river drainage in Missouri. Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science 30:1-5.

Koel, T. M. 1998. Spatial and temporal variability of channel catfish populations in the upper Mississippi Rivre System. USGS EMTC, Onalaska, WI.

Lehtinen, R. M., N. D. Mundahl, and J. C. Madelczyk. 1997. Autumn use of woody snags by fishes in backwater and channel border habitats of a large river. Environmental Biology of Fishes 49:7-19.

Littlejohn, S., L. Holland, R. Jacobson, M. Huston, and T. Hornung. 1985. Habits and habitats of fishes of the upper Mississippi River. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, La Crosse, WI.

Madejczyk, J. C., N. D. Mundahl, and R. M. Lehtinen. 1998. Fish assemblages of natural and artificial habitats within the channel border of the upper Mississippi River. American Midland Naturalist 139:296-310.

Soballe, D. M., and J. Fischer. 1996. Minor water level changes important to winter habitat in off-channel areas of the upper Mississippi River. LTRMP, Onalaska, WI.

Thorp, J. H., M. D. Delong, and A. F. Casper. 1998. In situ experiments on predatory regulation of a bivalve moluusc (Dreissena polymorpha) in the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. Freshwater Biology 39:649-661.

Tucker, J. K., and F. A. Cronin. 1996. The western sand darter (Ammocrypta clara) in Pool 26 of the Mississippi River in Missouri and Illinois. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 89:221-224.

Tucker, J. K., F. A. Cronin, D. W. Soergel, and C. H. Theiling. 1996. Predation on zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) by common carp (Cyprinus carpio). Journal of Freshwater Biology 11:363-372.

Wilcox, D. B. 1999. Fish passage through dams on the upper Mississippi River. LTRMP, Onalaska, WI.

Wlosinski, J. H., and S. R. Marecek. 1996. Fish movement on the upper Mississippi River. LTRMP, Onalaska, WI.

Macrophytes

Bellrichard, S. J. 1996. Effects of common carp on submerged macrophytes and water quality in a backwater lake on the upper Mississippi River. LTRMP, Onalaska, WI.

Cosgriff, R. J., J. C. Nelson, and Y. Yin. 1999. Forest response to high duration and intensity flooding along Pool 26 of the upper Mississippi River. LTRMP, Onalaska, WI.

Dewey, M. R., W. B. Richardson, and S. J. Zigler. 1997. Patterns of foraging and distribution of bluegill sunfish in a Mississippi River backwater: influence of macrophytes and predation. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 6:8-15.

Dieck, J. J., and R. W. Tsyer. 1999. Vegetation changes in backwaters of navigation Pools 4 and 13 of the upper Mississippi River, 1975 to 1996. LTRMP, Onalaska, WI.

Fischer, J. R. 1997. Declines in aquatic vegetation in navigation pool no. 8, upper Mississippi River, between 1975 and 1991. LTRMP, Onalaska, WI.

Kimber, A., C. E. Korschgen, and A. G. van der Valk. 1995a. The distribution of Vallisneria americana seeds and seedling light requirements in the upper Mississippi River. Canadian Journal of Botany 73:1966-1973.

Kimber, A., J. L. Owens, and W. G. Crumpton. 1995b. Light availability and growth of wildcelery (Vallisneria americana) in upper Mississippi River backwaters. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management 11:167-174.

Korschgen, C. E., W. L. Green, and K. P. Kenow. 1997. Effects of irradiance on growth and winter bud production by Vallisneria americana and consequences to its abundance and distribution. Aquatic Botany 58:1-9.

Langrehr, H. A. 1992. Summary of vegetation sampling for selected transects in Pool 8, upper Mississippi River System, 1990. EMTC, Onalaska, WI.

Langrehr, H. A., and T. Dukerschein. 1998. Assessment of aerial photointerpretation for detecting submersed aquatic vegetation. USGS EMTC, Onalaska, WI.

McConville, D. R., D. D. Anderson, R. N. Vose, and D. B. Wilcox. 1986. The speices composition, occurrence and temporal stability of submerged aquatic macrophyte patches along the main channel border of Pool 5A, Upper Mississippi River. Hydrobiologia 136:77-84.

McFarland, D. G., and S. J. Rogers. 1998. The aquatic macrophyte seed bank in Lake Onalaska, Wisconsin. Journal of Aquatic Plant Management 36:33-39.

Nelson, J. C. 1997. Presettlement vegetation patterns along the 5th principal meridian, Missouri Territory, 1815. American Midland Naturalist 137:79-94.

Nelson, J. C., K. S. Lubinski, and M. L. Bower. 1998. Presettlement vegetation patterns along navigation Pool 17 of the upper Mississippi River. LTRMP, Onalaska, WI.

Nelson, J. C., L. Robinson, L. DeHaan, and M. Bower. 1997. Using historical data to evaluate the ecological integrity of the upper Mississippi River system. LTRMP, Onalaska, WI.

Roger, S., and others. 1998. 1996 Annual Status Report on aquatic vegetation. U.S. Geological Survey, Environmental Management Technical Center, Onalaska, WI.

Rogers, S. 1996. A summary of vegetation monitoring at selected locations in Pools 4, 8, 13, 26, and La Grange Pool of the upper Mississippi River System, 1991-1994

Rogers, S. J., W. F. James, and J. W. Barko. 1994. Sources of mineral nutrition for submersed macrophyte growth in riverine systems:results of initial inestigations. Pages 194-200. 29th Annual Meeting of the Aquatic Plant Control Research Program, Vicksburg, MS.

Shay, T. A., and R. D. Gent. 1992. Summary of vegetation sampling for selected transects of Pool 13, 1990. EMTC, Onalaska, WI.

Spink, A., and S. Rogers. 1996. The effects of a record flood on the aquatic vegetation of the upper Mississippi River System: some preliminary findings. Hydrobiologia 340:51-57.

Wlosinski, J. H. 1997. Vegetation response to a water level experiment. LTRMP, Onalaska, WI.

Yin, Y. 1998. Flooding and forest succession in a modified stretch along the upper Mississippi River. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management 14:217-225.

Organic Matter

Delong, M. D., J. H. Thorp, K. S. Greenwood, and M. C. Miller. 2001. Responses of consumers and food resources to a high magnitude, unpredicted flood in the upper Mississippi River Basin. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management 17:217-234.

Grubaugh, J. W., and R. V. Anderson. 1989. Upper Mississippi River: seasonal and floodplain forest influences on organic matter transport. Hydrobiologia 174:235-244.

Phytoplankton

Delong, M. D., J. H. Thorp, K. S. Greenwood, and M. C. Miller. 2001. Responses of consumers and food resources to a high magnitude, unpredicted flood in the upper Mississippi River Basin. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management 17:217-234.

Flynn, M.T. 1975. Primary production and chlorophyll a content of phytoplankton during 1973-1974 in Pool No. 3 of the upper Mississippi River. B.A. Thesis, St. Mary's College, Winona, MN 73 p.

Huff, D.R. 1986. Phytoplankton communities in navigation pool No. 7 of the Upper Mississippi River. Hydrobiologia 136:47-56.

Lange, T.R. and R.G. Rada. 1993. Community dynamics of phytoplankton in a typical navigation pool in the Upper Mississippi River. J.Iowa Acad.Sci. 100:21-27.

Lange, T.R. and R.G. Rada. 1993. Community dynamics of phytoplankton in a typical navigation pool in the Upper Mississippi River. J.Iowa Acad.Sci. 100:21-27.

Williams, L.G. 1962. Plankton population dynamics. Minnesota Public Health Publication No. 663, supplement 2.

Zooplankton

Brandt, T.M. and L.T. Foody. 1972. Quantitative protozoan study during 1971-1972 ice conditions of the upper Mississippi River. B.A. thesis, St. Mary's College, Winona, Minnesota, 26 p.

Delong, M. D., J. H. Thorp, K. S. Greenwood, and M. C. Miller. 2001. Responses of consumers and food resources to a high magnitude, unpredicted flood in the upper Mississippi River Basin. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management 17:217-234.

Reinhard, E.G. 1930. the plankton ecology of the upper Mississippi River (Minneapolis to Winona). Ph.D. thesis, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

Williams, L.G. Dominant planktonic rotifers of major waterways of the United States. Limnology and Oceanography 11:83-91.

 

Water Chemistry and Hydrology

Baldwin, C.K. & Lall, U. 1999. Seasonality of streamflow: the upper Mississippi River. Water Resources Research. 35: 1143-

Soballe, D.M. 1996. Limnological monitoring by the Long Term Monitoring Program on the upper Mississippi River System: July 1988 - April 1993. Program Report, U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Environmental Management Technical Center, Onalaska, WI.

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