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Patricia J Heglund

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The Long Term Resource Monitoring Program (LTRMP), a component of the Environmental Management Program for the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS), is administered by the U.S. Geological Survey’s Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center (UMESC) in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The LTRMP supports six field stations operated by state agencies in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin (Figure 1) to collect most of the monitoring data. Information on important ecosystem components, including water quality, fish, vegetation, and macroinvertebrates are obtained annually using standardized procedures. Other data such as land cover/land use and bathymetry are gathered and analyzed periodically. Monitoring activities...
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This report summarizes monitoring activities of the Long Term Resources Monitoring Program (LTRMP) during 2002 and highlights selected results and accomplishments pertaining to hydrology, sedimentation, bathymetry, land cover/land use, water quality, fish, vegetation, and macroinvertebrates.�
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