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Follow this river and you are sure to find something that inspires or surprises you. It is a busy industrial front, an urban focal point, a home river, a public getaway, a prairie's edge. What might you discover?
Float on down past our resource briefs and reports to see what we're learning about this stretch of the nation's river.
Resources Briefs are condensed versions of our technical reports. They rely on graphics and images more than dense scientific writing, but anyone who is intrigued and wants to know more can always use the resource brief as an entry into the report.
Source: Data Store Saved Search 3449 (results presented are a subset). To search for additional information, visit the Data Store.
These technical reports are produced by network staff and other scientists working on the river. Lots of information, lots of fascinating discoveries.
Source: Data Store Saved Search 3450 (results presented are a subset). To search for additional information, visit the Data Store.
Published journal articles that include data collected at Mississippi NRRA.
Source: Data Store Saved Search 3585 (results presented are a subset). To search for additional information, visit the Data Store.
Kristofer Rolfhus/University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Dragonfly Mercury Project
As a foundational part of the aquatic food web, dragonfly larvae we collect each summer are tested for mercury in the environment, which helps us understand mercury contamination at higher levels of the food web.
Find the latest "dragonflier" for the upper Mississippi River at The Dragonfly Mercury Project Annual Data Fliers (usgs.gov).
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Last updated: August 22, 2024