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O'Donnell, Thomas Kevin. "River restoration in the upper Mississippi River Basin." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4532.

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Thesis (M.S.) University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006.<br>The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on August 27, 2007) Includes bibliographical references.

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Lipo, Carl P. "Science, style and the study of community structure : an example from the Central Mississippi River Valley /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/6558.

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Gooch, Catherine. "“I’VE KNOWN RIVERS:” REPRESENTATIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE." UKnowledge, 2019. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/english_etds/97.

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My dissertation, titled “I’ve Known Rivers”: Representations of the Mississippi River in African American Literature and Culture, uncovers the impact of the Mississippi River as a powerful, recurring geographical feature in twentieth-century African American literature that conveys the consequences of capitalist expansion on the individual and communal lives of Black Americans. Recent scholarship on the Mississippi River theorizes the relationship between capitalism, geography, and slavery. Walter Johnson’s River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom, Sven Beckert’s Empire o

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Pereira, Joao Miguel Faisca Rodrigues. "Numerical Modeling of River Diversions in the Lower Mississippi River." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2011. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1309.

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The presence of man-made levees along the Lower Mississippi River (MR) has significantly reduced the River sediment input to the wetlands and much of the River's sediment is now lost to the Gulf of Mexico. The sediment load in the River has also been decreased by dams and river revetments along the Upper MR. Freshwater and sediment diversions are possible options to help combat land loss. Numerical modeling of hydrodynamics and sediment transport of the MR is a useful tool to evaluate restoration projects and to improve our understanding of the resulting River response. The emphasis of this st

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Pearcy, Matthew Todd 1967. "A History of the Mississippi River Commission, 1879-1928: from Levees-Only to a Comprehensive Program of Flood Control for the Lower Mississippi Valley." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1996. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277642/.

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In 1879 Congress created the Mississippi River Commission (MRC) to develop and coordinate federal flood control policy for the Lower Mississippi River. Through 1927, that Commission clung stubbornly to a "levees-only" policy that was based on the mistaken belief that levees alone could be effective in controlling the flood waters of the Mississippi River. When the levees failed--and they occasionally did--the MRC responded by raising and strengthening the system but refused to adopt a more comprehensive program, one which would include outlets and reservoirs. Finally, a disastrous flood in 192

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Smith, Thomas Ruys. "Ultima Thule : antebellum representations of the Mississippi River." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.423576.

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Esposito, Christopher. "Differential Sedimentation In A Mississippi River Crevasse Splay." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2011. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1308.

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In this study the patterns of sediment transport and deposition in the channels and receiving basin of a crevasse splay in the modern Mississippi River delta are examined, with emphasis on the development of a distributary mouth bar. Simultaneous hydroacoustic and optical measurements on the mouth bar show that the bar conforms to the progradational stage of an existing conceptual model of mouth bar development. This is confirmed by cores dated using Beryllium-7, which provides a record of the deposition on the bar over a 90-day period. Stratigraphic data from cores obtained on the bar a

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Maurer, Edwin P. "Predictability of runoff in the Mississippi River Basin /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/10120.

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Slay, David Henson. "New masters on the Mississippi the United States colored troops of the middle Mississippi Valley /." [Fort Worth, Tex.] : Texas Christian University, 2009. http://etd.tcu.edu/etdfiles/available/etd-05012009-121518/unrestricted/Slay.pdf.

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Zhu, Yan Carleton University Dissertation Geography. "Water quality of the South Nation River, Rideau River and Mississippi River; a statistical survey." Ottawa, 1993.

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Clauson, Karen D. "Measuring Trends In Riverbed Gradation: A Lower Mississippi River Case Study." OpenSIUC, 2009. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/75.

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The trends of degradation and aggradation are measured in this study for the Lower Mississippi River. Historical riverbed elevation and stage data from the past hundred years were used from six gages in order to measure changes in riverbed gradation. It was found that using stage data to measure gradation changes is a superior method to using riverbed elevations, due to stage data’s reliability, length of record and daily measurements. Degradation in the Lower Mississippi River was seen during the

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Gurung, Tshering T. "One-Dimensional Dynamic Modeling of the Lower Mississippi River." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2014. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1804.

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The Mississippi River (MR) has been engineered with the development of the levee system, dams for flood control measures, jetties, revetments and dredging of the navigation channel. These alterations have reduced the replenishment of the sediment to the Louisiana Coastal area. To aid in the restoration planning, 1-D numerical models have been calibrated and validated to predict the river response to various changes such as channel modifications, varied flow conditions and hurricane situations. This study utilized the HEC-RAS 4.1 and the CHARIMA (Dr. Forrest Holly, University of Iowa). The mode

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Harmar, Oliver Philip. "Morphological and process dynamics of the Lower Mississippi River." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2004. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/10056/.

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This thesis uses data sets at a range of spatial and temporal scales to examine the geomorphological response of the Lower Mississippi River to engineering and management. During the twentieth century the geomorphology of the Lower Mississippi River has been transformed by a series of engineering modifications to improve flood control and aid navigation. These have included steepening of the longitudinal profile by removal of the most sinuous bends, fixing the river to a constant planform through extensive bank stabilisation, and regulating sediment movement through the channel system by dike

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Banerjee, Malini De. "High-Frequency Nitrate Monitoring in Dynamic River Systems: the Case of Three Iowa Rivers in the Mississippi Basin." Diss., University of Iowa, 2013. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/4818.

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High frequency water quality monitoring presents unique and unlimited opportunities of exploring spatio-temporal variation in water quality. Knowledge gained from analyzing high frequency water quality data can provide more clarity regarding transportation and processing of water constituents over time and space and scale. This study analyzes high frequency discharge, nitrate load and concentration data for three watersheds of different sizes - Cedar River Watershed, North Raccoon and Middle Raccoon. Each of these sites were monitored for 2-3 calendar years. Sudden spikes in discharge, nitrate

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Davis, Mallory. "Numerical Simulation of Unsteady Hydrodynamics in the Lower Mississippi River." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2010. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1126.

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Alterations along the Mississippi River, such as dams and levees, have greatly reduced the amount of freshwater and sediment that reaches the Louisiana coastal area. Several freshwater and sediment diversions have been proposed to combat the associated land loss problem. To aid in this restoration effort a 1-D numerical model was calibrated, validated, and used to predict the response of the river to certain stimuli, such as proposed diversions, channel closures, channel modifications, and relative sea level rise. This study utilized HEC-RAS 4.0, a 1-D mobile-bed numerical model, which was cal

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Wessels, Scott. "Late Quaternary Mississippi River Incised Valley Fill: Transgressive Depositional Packages." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2010. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1236.

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A series of USACE atlas quadrangles and dee pborings from the USGS and LGS with radiocarbon dated peats were used to construct several regional crosssections and paleogeographic reconstructions. Late Pleistocene glaciation and consequent lowered sea leve lresulted in reentrenchment of the Mississippi River incised valley. Meltwater floods from proglacial lakes incised into older deposits followed by braided fluvial (substratum) aggradation due to reduced carrying capacity after floods followed by meandering fluvial(topstratum aggradation as fluvial gradients and discharge decreased. Rapidly ri

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Ogbugwo, Marilyn C. "Channel migration and geology on the Chickasawhay River, southeast Mississippi." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2005. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0009467.

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Corcoran, Maureen Kathleen. "Geomorphic identification and verification of recent sedimentation patterns in the Woonasquatucket River North Providence, Rhode Island /." Full text available from ProQuest UM Digital Dissertations, 2006. http://0-proquest.umi.com.umiss.lib.olemiss.edu/pqdweb?index=0&did=1260796661&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1193255862&clientId=22256.

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Laaker, Dillan J. "Avian Use of Floodplain Forest Communities along the Upper Mississippi River." Thesis, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10808741.

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<p> Floodplain forests along the Upper Mississippi River are known to provide valuable habitat for many species of migrating songbirds, including the Cerulean Warbler (<i>Setophaga cerulea</i>) and other species of concern. The forested islands of the confluence region where the Illinois and Missouri Rivers join the Mississippi vary greatly in their structure and composition, providing a variety of habitats for migrating bird species. While past studies have looked at the richness and diversity of bird species across gradients of forest structure, very few have determined which species are cha

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Clauson, Karen. "Measuring trends in riverbed gradation : a Lower Mississippi River case study /." Available to subscribers only, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1797219591&sid=4&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Jarvis, Stephanie. "Thecamoebians as an environmental proxy for the Middle Mississippi River floodplain." OpenSIUC, 2014. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1566.

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Thecamoebian tests from recent lacustrine sediments have been shown to be a useful proxy to study environmental changes such as land-use changes, pollution, and climate shifts. In this study, the usefulness of thecamoebians as an environmental proxy for the Middle Mississippi River (MMR) floodplain is explored. Sediment cores and surface samples were collected from two sites in Alexander County, IL: Southern Illinois University's (SIU) MMR Wetland Field Station near East Cape Girardeau, IL and Horseshoe Lake, a dammed oxbow managed by the IL Department of Natural Resources (DNR), near Olive

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Knapp, Jennifer M. "Geology-based site coefficients for the Upper Mississippi Embayment." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/21000.

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Gouw, Marc Jean Pierre. "Alluvial architecture of the Holocene Rhine-Meuse delta (The Netherlands) and the Lower Mississippi Valley (U.S.A.) /." Utrecht : Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap [u.a.], 2007. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0803/2008400359.html.

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Stephenson, Keith. "MISSISSIPPI PERIOD OCCUPATIONAL AND POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY." UKnowledge, 2011. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_diss/194.

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Research focusing on the political economy of Mississippian mound centers in the middle Savannah River valley has prompted a reevaluation of current interpretations regarding societal complexity. I conclude the clearest expression of classic Mississippian riverine-adaptation is evident at centers immediately below the Fall Line with their political ties to chiefdom centers in the Piedmont, and especially Etowah. By contrast, those centers on the interior Coastal Plain were politically autonomous with minimal signatures in social ranking. The scale of appropriated labor and resulting level of s

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Calkins, Heather Ann. "Linking Silver Carp Habitat Selection to Phytoplankton Consumption in the Mississippi River." OpenSIUC, 2010. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/345.

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Since their introduction to the United States in the 1970s, the invasive silver carp (Hypothalmichthys molitrix) has migrated into the native waters of 16 states with populations in the Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio and Illinois River systems expanding at exponential rates in the past decade. As this species advances towards Lake Michigan, the threat of their invasion into the Laurentian Great Lakes is becoming very real. Silver carp are opportunistic, capable of rapid and extensive dispersal. They have the potential to compete with native species for critical habitat and food, which are very im

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Flinn, Michael Brainerd. "Biological responses in off-channel habitat to hydrologic gradients and river management practices in Mississippi River Pool 25 /." Available to subscribers only, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1140187751&sid=18&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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DePoy, Richard Mark. "Physical, chemical and biological factors affecting the survival of fingernail clams in pool 8, upper Mississippi River." Virtual Press, 1996. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1014860.

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1 examined the temporal and spatial distribution of total ammonia nitrogen (TAN) and un-ionized ammonia (NH,) in sediment pore water and compared the temporal and spatial patterns of TAN and NH, in overlying surface water with those in pore water, to determine if they were reaching concentrations known to be deleterious to fingernail clams. Pore water was obtained by core extraction and subsequent centrifugation. TAN and NI-I3 in pore water were measured from May through December 1994, at ninety two sites in pool 8, upper Mississippi River, to a depth of five centimeters below the sediment-wat

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Schubert, Michael Andrew Weber Larry Joseph Young Nathan C. "Computational fluid dynamics applications for nitrate removal in an upper Mississippi River backwater." [Iowa City, Iowa] : University of Iowa, 2009. http://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/431.

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Yu, Tun-Hsiang. "Essays on the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway and U.S. grain market." Texas A&M University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/2278.

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This dissertation examines several issues regarding the congestion on the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway. Chapter II identifies and measures the impact of lock congestion on grain barge rates on these waterways. Results indicate grain barge rates on both rivers are not affected by lagged lock congestion. In present time, however, lock congestion in the lower reaches of the upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers are found to increase barge rates that link the north central United States to the lower Mississippi Gulf port area. The findings suggest the impact of lock congestion on

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Koch, Jeff. "Effects of commercial harvest on shovelnose sturgeon populations in the upper Mississippi River." [Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University], 2008.

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Pavlyukova, Tatiana. "A 3-D Hydrodynamic Modeling at Head of Passes of the Mississippi River." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2014. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1827.

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A 3-D numerical model of the Head of Passes and Bird’s Foot Delta of the Mississippi River- was developed. The model was based on Delft3D and simulates the hydrodynamics and salinity transport for Head of Passes area from RM 6.5 to Gulf of Mexico. The model was calibrated, validated, and used to predict the response of the river to certain stimuli, such as - channel closures, channel modifications and diversions. The model includes West Bay, Southwest Pass, South Pass, Pass-A-Loutre and Main Pass. Three basic cases were developed: existing conditions, closure of Southwest Pass with a levee of

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Maulhardt, Alison. "Restoring the Mississippi River Delta in Louisiana Ecological Tradeoffs and Barriers to Action." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2015. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2098.

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This study investigates the Louisiana 2012 Coastal Master Plan’s ability to reconcile conflicting economic and ecological demands on coastal resources. The Louisiana Coastal Master Plan was unique in combining flood control and coastal restoration under one authority. However, the objectives of flood control and coastal restoration can be in conflict. The plan was also unique in its approach of restoration from a working coast perspective. However, the objectives of ecological restoration and economic productivity do not always agree. By conducting semi-structured interviews with major coastal

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Szynkowski, Brittany Christine. "An examination of Asian carp spawning in pool 26 of the Mississippi River." OpenSIUC, 2013. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1344.

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More knowledge about the spawning habits of the invasive silver (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) and bighead (H. nobilis) carps in the United States could lead to a better understanding of how and where these fish are able to successfully reproduce and continue to expand their range. This study explored the possibility of combining multiple strategies (mobile tracking, catch-per-unit-effort [CPUE] of females, reproductive staging of females, and CPUE of larvae) to determine whether Asian carp were more likely to spawn in specific habitats. Additionally, I explored whether the timing of spawning w

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Schubert, Michael Andrew. "Computational fluid dynamics applications for nitrate removal in an upper Mississippi River backwater." Thesis, University of Iowa, 2009. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/431.

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This thesis details the work completed in order to develop a hydrodynamic and nitrate transport and reaction model for Round Lake, a backwater on UMR Pool 8. This work begins with investigating the fundamentals of nitrogen removal in aquatic ecosystems and reviewing other combined hydrodynamic and nutrient modeling efforts. Field data were gathered to determine model boundary conditions and provide a basis for calibration and validation. Using this data, the flow regime in Round Lake was simulated. CFD applications to model particle residence times and species transport and reaction were used

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Yocum, Tara A. "Growth laws for sub-delta crevasses in the Mississippi River Delta: observations and modeling." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2017. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2339.

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In this study we assessed growth laws of sub-delta crevasses in the Mississippi River delta plain, experimental laboratory deltas, and compared them to previously studied river dominated large deltas worldwide. Metrics for channel and delta geometry for each system were obtained using a combination of geospatial tools, bathymetric datasets, sediment size, and hydrodynamic observations. Most crevasses and experimental deltas appear to obey delta growth laws suggesting that they exhibit planform metrics similar to larger deltas. However, some channels within each system, exhibit outlier behavior

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Zeigler, John Matthew. "UTILITY OF OTOLITH MICROCHEMISTRY AND STABLE ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION FOR DETERMINING FISH ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY IN THE MISSISSIPPI AND ILLINOIS RIVERS." OpenSIUC, 2010. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/230.

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Knowledge of habitats used by riverine fishes throughout their life history is important for management and conservation. Naturally occurring chemical markers in otoliths have recently been used to determine natal origins and environmental history of fishes in a variety of marine and freshwater environments. However, to our knowledge no studies have examined the applicability of this technique in large floodplain rivers in United States. We evaluated otolith microchemistry and stable isotopic composition as tools for determining origins of fishes in the upper and middle Mississippi and lowe

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Gouw, Marc. "Alluvial architecture of the Holocene Rhine-Meuse delta (the Netherlands) and the Lower Mississippi Valley (U.S.A.) /." Utrecht : Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap, Faculteit Geowetenschappen Universiteit Utrecht, 2007. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0803/2008400359.html.

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Sinha, Sumit. "Parameter estimation and auto-calibration of the STREAM-C model." Master's thesis, Mississippi State : Mississippi State University, 2005. http://library.msstate.edu/content/templates/?a=72.

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Hitchcock, Arthur Neil. "Diets of spring-migrating waterfowl in the Upper Mississippi River and Great Lakes Region /." Available to subscribers only, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1796330181&sid=6&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Lenz, Rebecca Marie. "Iron, Arsenic, and Elevated Salinity in the Lower Mississippi River Alluvial Aquifer of Louisiana." Thesis, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10615017.

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<p> The Lower Mississippi River Alluvial Aquifer (LMRAA) is a critical groundwater resource for Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. It is second only to the Ogallala aquifer in terms of the volume of groundwater pumped for irrigation. High concentrations of salinity, iron (Fe), and arsenic (As) affect several regions of the LMRAA. In this study, long-term geochemical changes in the LMRAA in Louisiana were evaluated to better understand the relationships among salts, Fe, and As. The geochemistry was investigated using historical data collected from the LDEQ and USGS. Data from the LDEQ were c

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Heard, Haley R. (Haley Ruth). "Deconstructing the Mississippi River : restoring a continental system through the integration of flexible infrastructure." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59736.

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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2010.<br>Vita. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 100-102).<br>The most prevalent social and economic issues plaguing cities are symptomatic of much bigger underlying environmental problems. Cities are governed by legislation set within artificial political boundaries, however ecology systems surpass and are not restricted by these boundaries. The decisions urban designers and planners make on behalf of a city influences the natural environment, which in tu

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Boudreaux, Lon Jr. "The Mississippi River Delta Basin and Why We are Failing to Save its Wetlands." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2007. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/564.

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Every thousand years or so, when the Mississippi River's sediment load lengthened and blocked the Riverâ€™s route to the Gulf of Mexico, the mother stream changed course completely, finding a shorter route to the sea. Then, it built a new delta, thus spreading the gift of land creation along a wide coastline and creating the bayou region of Louisiana. However, this ancient, natural process was gradually halted by the arrival of man who settled across the River's natural floodplain (delta) and constructed levees and other structures to control the great Mississippi River. Since the 1930s, the M

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Teran, Gonzalez Grecia A. "3-D Hydrodynamic and Non-Cohesive Sediment Transport Modeling in the Lower Mississippi River." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2014. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1837.

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The purpose of this research is to develop a 3-D numerical model on the Lower Mississippi River to simulate hydrodynamics and non-cohesive sediment transport. The study reach extends from Bonnet Carré Spillway (RM 127) to Head of Passes (RM 0). Delft3D with sigma coordinates was selected as the river modeling tool. This model River domain is characterized by a complex distributary system that connects the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. The boundary conditions were: water levels in the Gulf and Head of Passes; and discharges upstream. For the calibration, there are observed data for b

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Dugger, Katie M. "Foraging ecology and reproductive success of Least terns nesting on the lower Mississippi River /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1997. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9841279.

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Wawrik, Boris. "Diversity and Production of Phytoplankton in the Offshore Mississippi River Plume and Coastal Environments." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2003. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/SFE0000133.

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Akalin, Suleyman. "Water temperature effect on sand transport by size fraction in the Lower Mississippi River." Access citation and abstract, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/3075335.

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Hitchcock, Jr Arthur Neil. "Diets of Spring-Migrating Waterfowl in the Upper Mississippi River and Great Lakes Region." OpenSIUC, 2009. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/541.

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I evaluated diet and food selection of 5 species of spring-migrating female waterfowl including 3 dabbling ducks (Blue-winged teal, Anas discors, Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos, Gadwall, Anas strepera) and 2 diving ducks (Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis, and Ring-necked duck, Aythya collaris). Diet was evaluated with regards to the proportion of invertebrates and seeds consumed, and compared to forage availability data collected in habitats available to them at 6 study locations throughout the Upper Mississippi River and Great Lakes Region. I found latitude (i.e., stage of migration), longitude,

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Waterson, Elizabeth J. "Sources of Sedimentary Organic Matter in the Mississippi River and Adjacent Gulf of Mexico." W&M ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539617828.

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The development of accurate carbon budgets, as well as global climate models with predictive capabilities, requires an understanding of the delivery and fate of terrigenous carbon in the environment. Understanding the extent to which estuarine and continental shelf processes alter carbon transfer between marine and terrestrial systems, including estimates of organic matter accumulation in coastal sediments, is poorly known. Organic carbon and nutrients exported to the adjacent Gulf of Mexico by the Mississippi River are influenced by biological and physical processes including remineralization

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Harris, Joseph B., T. Andrew Joyner, and Robert V. Rohli. "The Impact of Subsidence on Industrial Complexes in the Lower Mississippi River Industrial Corridor." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/asrf/2018/schedule/40.

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Spatial interpolation methods were analyzed to determine the best fit for subsidence rates and to create a predictive surface for the lower Mississippi River Industrial corridor (LMRIC). Empirical Bayesian kriging, ordinary kriging, universal kriging, and Inverse Distance Weighted interpolation methods were applied to the 2004 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) published Technical Report #50 dataset and cross validation methods were utilized to determine the accuracy of each method. The mean error and root mean square error were calculated for each interpolation method, t

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Woock, Celeste E. "Seamless Lidar Surveys Reveal Rates and Patterns of Subsidence in the Mississippi River Delta." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2019. https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2656.

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Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) data are used to report the temporal and spatial patterns of subsidence as well as the potential contributors to subsidence within the Barataria and Terrebonne Bays. In recent decades, subsidence in southeast Louisiana has become a topic of substantial and growing concern to the scientific community, the local residents, and all those invested in the region. Lidar data were acquired from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the LSU Center for Geoinformatics. The data has been manipulated to map the differenced Lidar, complete an instantaneous slope

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