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Report on research that has shown that management of river connectivity of channels to floodplains is an effective mitigation strategy to remove nutrients, sediment, and carbon from river flows. The confluence of the Maquoketa and Mississippi Rivers is a unique site because: 1) the Maquoketa River carries some of the highest documented sediment and nutrient loads in the Upper Mississippi River (Garrett 2013, Robertson et al 2009); 2) the delta at the confluence with the Mississippi River is heavily managed by a State-Federai-NGO partnership and includes several Habitat Rehabilitation Projects designed to enhance fish and wildlife production and recreational access; 3) a recent nonreparable break in the levy near...
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OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: Academics & scientific researchers,
Conservation NGOs,
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Federal resource managers,
Gulf hypoxia,
IA-01,
Iowa,
LCC Network Science Catalog,
Maquoketa River,
Methodology/Protocol,
Mississippi River,
Pilot/Case Study,
Report,
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Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge,
carbon,
completed,
ecosystem services,
environment,
environment,
floodplain connectivity,
nutrient,
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Categories: Project;
Tags: Ecosystem health,
GLRI,
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative,
Has Spatial,
Lake:Lake Michigan, All tags...
Nearshore Health,
Nutrients,
Priority watersheds,
Short term (2 to 5 years),
Template 677,
Watershed:Lake Michigan Basin,
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Ecosystem services provided by floodplains include removal of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediments, and sequestration of carbon. Effectiveness of floodplains in providing these services is dependent on the extent and location of connection between floodplain and river. Tributary loading of sediments, nitrogen and phosphorus to the Upper Mississippi River contribute to the development of river and coastal eutrophication as well as hypoxic conditions in the Gulf of Mexico. Recent research has shown that management of river connectivity of channels to floodplains is an effective mitigation strategy to remove nutrients, sediment, and carbon from river flows. The confluence of the Maquoketa and Mississippi Rivers is a...
Categories: Data,
Project;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: 2014,
2015,
2016,
Academics & scientific researchers,
Conservation NGOs, All tags...
Data Acquisition and Development,
Datasets/Database,
EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE,
Eastern Tallgrass Prairie and Big Rivers Landscape Conservation Cooperative,
Federal resource managers,
Gulf Restoration,
Gulf hypoxia,
IA-01,
Iowa,
LCC,
LCC Network Science Catalog,
Maquoketa River,
Methodology/Protocol,
Mississippi River,
Pilot/Case Study,
Project,
Report,
Socio-economics/Ecosystem Services,
State agencies,
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge,
carbon,
ecosystem services,
environment,
environment,
floodplain connectivity,
funded,
nutrient,
onGoing,
sediment, Fewer tags
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