Article: MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA VARIATION IN PALLID AND SHOVELNOSE STURGEONS, SCAPHIRHYNCHUS (PISCES: ACIPENSERIDAE).(Statistical Data Included)

Article: DNR PROBES DEATHS OF SHOVELNOSE STURGEONS
Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current);  July 28, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... have experienced similar cases where large numbers of shovelnose sturgeons have died off. Iowa has reported that last year thousands ... stretch from Ottumwa, Iowa, to its confluence with the Mississippi River. No cause of those deaths was ever found, but a viral ...

Article: Corps Project Called a Threat to 2 Species; Agency Says ...
The Washington Post;  May 18, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... that federal efforts to maintain a barge channel on the Mississippi River are threatening the survival of two endangered species ... sturgeon is significantly different from the Alabama or shovelnose sturgeons. During the last century, the Corps transformed about ...

Article: Mississippi River
Dictionary of American History;      700+ words ...MISSISSIPPI RIVER MISSISSIPPI RIVER. One of the major rivers of North America, the Mississippi River has been a focal point in American history, commerce, agriculture, literature, and environmental awareness. The length of the Mississippi ...

Article: Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 18, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Wisconsin, has introduced the Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act (H.R. 5340 ... sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin." The bill, introduced on ... of the legislation follows:Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection ActH.R. 5340To ...

Article: Rep. Kind Introduces Upper Mississippi River Basin ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Wisconsin, has introduced the Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act (H.R. 2381 ... sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin." The bill, introduced on ... of the legislation follows:Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection ActH.R. 2381To ...

Article: Mississippi River Basin
Water:Science and Issues;      700+ words ...Mississippi River Basin The Mississippi River is North America's longest and largest river in terms ... to its delta in southern Louisiana (see map). The Mississippi River drainage basin is the world's second largest, draining ...

Article: Time-of-travel in the lower Mississippi River: ...
Water Environment Research;  September 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT: The Mississippi River is the source of drinking water ... of contaminant spills on the Mississippi River. Estimates of the peak concentrations ... travel, spill modeling, Mississippi River, modified plug-flow model ...