Despite increasing efforts globally to remove dams and construct fish passage structures,
broad-scale analyses balancing tradeoffs between cost and habitat gains from these …

This study reports the application of Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) within the
Hydrologic and Water Quality System (HAWQS) on-line platform, for the Upper Mississippi …

Abstract Smallmouth buffalo (Ictiobus bubalus Rafinesque) are a large-bodied fish highly
valued and commercially exploited across most of their range. Despite this, relatively little is …

Regime shifts-persistent changes in the structure and function of an ecosystem-are well-
documented for some ecosystems and have informed research and management of these …

As anthropogenic influences push ecosystems past tip** points and into new regimes,
complex management decisions are complicated by rapid ecosystem changes that may be …

Winters are changing rapidly across the globe but the implications for aquatic productivity
and food webs are not well understood. In addition, the degree to which winter dynamics in …

Shallow lakes are typically found in one of two stable states, a macrophyte-dominated clear
water state or a turbid state due to excessive phytoplankton and suspended sediment …

Macrophytes have recovered in rivers across the world, but long-term data and studies are
lacking regarding community assembly and diversity changes coincident with macrophyte …

Aquatic vegetation is a key component of large floodplain river ecosystems. In the Upper
Mississippi River System (UMRS), there is a long-standing interest in restoring aquatic …

Hydrologic modeling was used to estimate potential changes in nutrients, suspended
sediment, and streamflow in various biomass production scenarios with conservation …