Although the Lower Mississippi River has been intensively studied, few studies have investigated meandering processes in the river when the channel was considered to be relatively free of major human disturbance. This research is significant in that it provides a detailed examin…
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We investigated the relationship between river hydrology and least tern (Sterna antillarum athalassos) reproductive success on the Lower Mississippi River between Cairo, Illinois and Caruthersville, Missouri from 1986 through 1992. We also investigated least tern foraging behavi…
The dissertation is about power and the landscape that power produces. It explicates a paradox of modernity, which is this: how one of the most vulnerable places to sea-level rise organizes its economy and culture around extractive thinking and the production of fossil fuels. To…
This study utilized a new database of levee failures along 685 km of the Middle and Lower Mississippi River from St. Louis, MO to Memphis, TN during the past 120 years. The goals of this investigation were to: (1) identify the relative importance of geologic and geomorphic facto…
Blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) are an economically, ecologically, and culturally important sportfish native to the Mississippi River system. Despite their value, much of their life history in the Mississippi River is still poorly understood, including how they utilize resourc…
Fish community structure is a complex and integrated part of an aquatic ecosystem; a balanced system is often rich in species diversity and abundance. Invasive species, including silver carp, can alter this balance and have deleterious effects. Recently, catches of silver carp i…
Silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) is an invasive species to the United States that is capable of spawning multiple times within a single reproductive season. In 2016, an abundance of age-0 silver carp, with size-structure indicative of multiple hatch dates, were captured…