Download or read book Lower Mississippi River Environmental Program Report 3 Bird and Mammal Use of Main Stem Levee Borrow Pits Along the Lower Mississippi River written by Stephen P. Cobb and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soil used to construct the main stem levees is obtained from adjacent land, usually between the levee and the river. Surface depressions resulting from excavation of such material are known as borrow pits. A series of borrow pits is generally found along the riverward toe of the main stem levee system throughout its length. The Levee Borrow Pit Investigation (LBPI) was designed to provide data on fishery, benthos, wildlife, vegetation, physical, and chemical aspects of main stem levee borrow pits. Specific objectives of the LBPI are: (1) To develop an inventory of wildlife and fishery resources of the main stem levee system borrow pits; and (2) To formulate environmental design considerations for main stem levee system borrow pits. The first fieldwork of the LBPI included fish and aquatic sampling by the US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES) from June through August 1981. Topographic surveys of selected pits were conducted by the US Army Engineer District (USAED), Vicksburg, in 1982. Wildlife surveys were carried out by WES on a seasonal basis for 2 years from December 1981 to October 1983. This report presents partial results of the wildlife study conducted as part of the LBPI.
Download or read book Bird and Mammal Use of Main Stem Levee Borrow Pits Along the Lower Mississippi River written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lower Mississippi River Environmental Program Report 2 A Physical Description of Main Stem Levee Borrow Pits Along the Lower Mississippi River written by Eugene G. Buglewicz and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-five borrow pits along the main stem levee system of the Lower Mississippi River were investigated with regard to selected physical, chemical, and biological resources as part of the Lower Mississippi River Environmental Program. Objectives of the levee borrow pit investigation are to develop an inventory of environmental resources of the borrow pits and to develop environmental design criteria for borrow pits to be used during levee construction. The 25 borrow pits were located between the levees along the Mississippi River from near New Madrid, Missouri (River Mile (RM) 877) to near Belmont, Louisiana (RM 151). Data on fishes, water quality, macrobenthos, and sediments were collected during the summer of 1981. A topographic field survey of each borrow pit was conducted during 1982. A vegetation survey was conducted from 1981 to 1983 as part of a companion study of bird and mammal use. Vegetation data are summarized in this report. Levee borrow pits range in size from one acre ponds to lakes of 50 or more acres. Traditional indicators of environmental quality based on morphological characteristics do not generally fit these unique aquatic basins. The borrow pit basins are generally shallow with most of the bottom in the photic zone. Physico-chemical indicators suggest a productive aquatic habitat. Although the data are survey in scope, it represents the first time a large number of borrow pits representing the entire Lower Mississippi River have been described and compared. (fr).
Download or read book A Physical Description of Main Stem Levee Borrow Pits Along the Lower Mississippi River written by Eugene G. Buglewicz and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Environmental Design Considerations for Main Stem Levee Borrow Areas Along the Lower Mississippi River written by Larry R. Aggus and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Lower Mississippi River Environmental Program Report 4 Environmental Design Considerations for Main Stem Levee Borrow Areas Along the Lower Mississippi River written by Larry R. Aggus and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmentally important physical features of main stem levee borrow areas along the Lower Mississippi River are identified and presented as design considerations. These design considerations were developed for the Mississippi River Commission for possible use in design and construction of the Mississippi River levees portion of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Project. Routine, relatively inexpensive environmental measures and more complex, costly measures are identified and discussed. Environmental measures discussed include borrow pit size, depth, shape, and vegetation and cover for both fish and wildlife. A review of the literature relating to the ecological characteristics of borrow pits and similar water bodies is presented. (Author).
Download or read book Biological Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Bird and Mammal Use of Selected Lower Mississippi River Borrow Pits written by Mary Collins Landin and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lower Mississippi River Environmental Program Report 10 Evaluation of Bird and Mammal Utilization of Dike Systems Along the Lower Mississippi River written by James M. Sigrest and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bird and mammal survey was conducted on 10 dike systems in the Lower Mississippi River (river miles 377 to 885, AHP) in the late summer and fall of 1984 as part of the Mississippi River Commission Lower Mississippi River Environmental Program. The totals recorded during the 3-month survey were comprised of 126,612 birds in 92 species and 599 mammals in 11 species. Results of the survey indicated frequent use of these areas by migrating and resident populations of birds. Mammals did not use the dike systems to any great extent. Greater numbers of birds and mammals were noted at dike systems containing open areas interspersed with woods and pools. Monthly bird concentrations were strongly influenced by migrants, especially swallow and blackbird species. These two categories constituted approximately 90 percent of the total bird observations. Large dike systems, such as Redman-Robinson Crusoe, Island 62, and Ashport-Golddust, provided large acreages and habitat diversity, which in turn resulted in greater numbers of sightings throughout the survey.
Download or read book Wetland Creation and Restoration written by Karen Schneller-McDonald and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This report provides a hard copy of the bibliographic information contained in the digital Wetland Creation/Restoration Data Base. One thousand one hundred data base records are included; each of these represents one article, report, or other publication dealing with the creation or restoration of wetlands. Information in the records is ... accessible via a cross-referenced index divided into four sections (Location Index, Plant Genus Index, Wetland Type Index, and Subject Index."--Page 1 Abstract.
Download or read book Government Reports Annual Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 1262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fishery and Ecological Investigations of Main Stem Levee Borrow Pits Along the Lower Mississippi River written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 25 borrow pits sampled were distributed along the Mississippi River from New Madrid, Missouri, to near Lutcher, Louisiana. Data on fishes, macrobenthos, water quality, and sediments were collected once in the summer of 1981; topographic surveys of each borrow pit were conducted in 1982. Results of this investigation indicated that main stem levee borrow pits along the Lower Mississippi RIver support abundant and moderately diverse fish and macroinvertebrate populations. Total fish standing stock averaged 600 lb/acre; macroinvertebrate total density and standing stock averaged 2967 organisms/sq m. and 851 mg dry weight/sq m. respectively. Gizzard shad, buffalo, carp, and threadfin shad were the most abundant fishes, but significant numbers of white crappie, sunfishes, and catfishes were also present. The phantom midge, Chaoborus punctipennis, the midge Tanypus stellatus, and tubificid worms were the most abundant macroinvertebrates. Step-wise regression analyses revealed that the duration of annual borrow pit flooding by Mississippi River waters was the single most important positive factor affecting fish and macrobenthos abundance in the borrow pits; mean borrow pit depth, Volume Development Index (a depth factor), and Shoreline Development Index were also significant factors influencing the abundance of some fish and macrobenthos species.
Download or read book Ecological Databases of the Lower Mississippi River written by P. D. Close and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lower Mississippi River Environmental Program Report 11 Forest Vegetation of the Leveed Floodplain of the Lower Mississippi River written by Charles V. Klimas and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main stem levee system and loess bluffs of the Lower Mississippi River Valley (LMRV) confine 955 miles of river in an area about 600 miles long and up to 20 miles wide. The corridor of unprotected floodplain flanking the lower river supports over one-million acres of forest; about one-quarter of the total bottomland hardwood forest estimated to remain in the LMRV. In 1982, the US Army Corps of Engineers Mississippi River Commission initiated the Lower Mississippi River Environmental Program, which included development of a geographic information system and studies of selected ecosystem components within the confined floodplain. The research reported here was designed to provide a description of forest resources of the study area, with particular attention to forest attributes commonly considered in evaluations of wildlife habitat suitability. (fr).
