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Iowa Participates in National Lake Assessment [PDF]

, 2010
Summary of Iowa's lake monitoring which was completed as part of a national study of lake water ...

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Spatiotemporal scaling of North American continental interior wetlands: implications for shorebird conservation [PDF]

, 2012
Within interior North America, erratic weather patterns and heterogeneous wetland complexes cause wide spatio-temporal variation in the resources available to migrating shorebirds.
(IPCC) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, AF Zuur, AG Valk van der, AH Farmer, AJ Baker, AR Ives, BJ Worton, Bradley W. Compton, CA Davis, CA Davis, CA Woodhouse, Craig A. Davis, D Tilman, DA Haukos, DB Lindenmayer, DE Naugle, DE Naugle, DE Seaman, DR Petit, DW Carlile, EB Webb, FR Moore, G De’ath, Gene Albanese, HR Luo, J Wu, J Wu, JA Wiens, JD Holland, JE Henley, JF Addicott, JL Deppe, K Domin, KP Burnham, L Breiman, LM Smith, M Wheatley, MA Colwell, MG Turner, MG Turner, N Koper, N Koper, N Warnock, ND Niemuth, NE Detenbeck, OW Taft, PM Vergara, R Daubenmire, R Development Core Team, R Ribeiro, RB Renfrew, RE Ricklefs, RIG Morrison, RJ Fletcher, RL Hutto, S Romero, SA Cushman, SA Cushman, SA Levin, SJ Melles, SK Skagen, SK Skagen, SK Skagen, SK Skagen, T Pierisma, TE Dahl, TFH Allen, W Wettstein, WC Johnson, WE Thogmartin, WS Ashley, Y Uchida   +71 more
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HDR EDSC UTTC Presentation: "Bird Behaviors within the Prairie Pothole Region"

, 2022
UTTC students present their group project, "Bird Behaviors within the Prairie Pothole Region", which was completed in 2022 for the HDR Earth Data Science Corps summer internship.
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Wetland drainage produces substantial greenhouse gas emissions in the Canadian Prairie Pothole Region

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The Prairie Pothole Region of central North America is dominated by agriculture and contains numerous small mineral-soil wetlands that are often drained to expand cropland.
Colin Whitfield, Sydney Jensen, Lauren E. Bortolotti, Darrin Qualman, Murray Hidlebaugh, Scott Beaton, Kerri Finlay   +6 more
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Effects of energy development on wetland plants and macroinvertebrate communities in Prairie Pothole Region wetlands

Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 2017
Energy production in the Williston Basin, USA, results in the coproduction of highly saline, sodium chloride-dominated water (brine). The Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) overlies the northeastern portion of the Williston Basin.
Todd M. Preston, Andrew M. Ray
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Visual and Olfactory Concealment of Duck Nests: Influence on Nest Site Selection and Success

Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017
Selecting a nest site is an important decision for waterfowl. Because most nest failure is due to depredation, the primary selective pressure in choosing a nest site should be to reduce depredation risk. This task is difficult, however, because predators
Michael R. Conover
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Climate Change Impacts on Waterfowl Habitat in Western Canada [PDF]

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G. Cornelis van Kooten, Linda Wong, Patrick Withey   +2 more
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Wetland use by spring migrating ducks in Iowa’s Prairie Pothole Region

, 2020
Wetlands in the Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) provide important stopover areas for spring migrating ducks in transit to northern breeding areas. However, how ducks use and distribute among different wetland types found in the agriculturally-dominated landscapes of the southern PPR is unknown.
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Evaluation of Minnesota Geographic Classifications Based on Caddisfly (Trichoptera) Data [PDF]

, 2018
The ability to partition the variation of faunal assemblages into homogenous units valuable for biomonitoring is referred to as classification strength (CS). In this study, the CSs of three types of geographic classifications: watershed basin, ecological
Houghton, David C
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The Viability of Creating Wetlands for the Sale of Carbon Offsets [PDF]

This analysis estimates the profitability of restoring wetlands for the sale of carbon offsets. Results indicate that about 7% to 12% of the recently restored grassed wetlands of the prairie pothole and high plains regions and 20% to 35% of the forested ...
Hansen, LeRoy T.
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