Browsing UW-L Theses & Dissertations by Subject "Water birds -- Diseases -- Mississippi River."

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Distribution patterns of an invasive snail (bithynia tentaculata) in Navigation Pools 7 and 8 of the Upper Mississippi River

Gray, William Paul (2013-12)

Since the early 2000's Bithynia tentaculata (Caenogastropodo:Bithyniidae) has invaded the upper Mississippi River drainage system, harboring several species of parasitic trematodes that are killing large numbers of migratory ...
The spatial and temporal distribution of Bithynia Tentaculata and three parasite species implicated in waterfowl mortality in the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge

Walker, Benjamin W. (2011-12)

The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge (UMRNW&FR) is a 418 km long refuge that lies within the Mississippi Flyway. Over 40% of the nation's waterbirds use the Mississippi Flyway to navigate to and ...