Vegetation Data: Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center

Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center (UMESC, LaCrosse) | Format: URL

www.umesc.usgs.gov — Presently, the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program (LTRMP) conducts annual monitoring of vegetation using a stratified random sampling method (Yin et al. 2000) in five study reaches of the Upper Mississippi River System: Navigation Pools 4, 8, 13, and 26 on the Mississippi River; and La Grange Pool on the Illinois River. The LTRMP will continue More... Presently, the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program (LTRMP) conducts annual monitoring of vegetation using a stratified random sampling method (Yin et al. 2000) in five study reaches of the Upper Mississippi River System: Navigation Pools 4, 8, 13, and 26 on the Mississippi River; and La Grange Pool on the Illinois River. The LTRMP will continue to expand vegetation monitoring beyond these five study reaches and welcomes participation by other agencies and groups that could sample other areas using the LTRMP sampling protocol. This web resource links to database resources for stratified random sampling, transect sampling, a graphic vegetation database, and links to related projects. There is also a link to an informal survey from this site, along with a link to LTRMP procedures for aquatic vegetation monitoring and references to consulted resources. Less...