River Studies

In addition to student theses, final reports, and peer reviewed manuscripts, our team has developed tools or provided data for various projects to help inform aquatic conservation and management.  Below is a list of the project, the data/tool derived form that project, and a reference for the data or tool. Many of our spatial datasets and linked to a segment ID of the NHDplus stream layer.  However, we have slightly modified that layer for Missouri. Therefore, if you download the data from the projects listed with an *, please use the base layers provided immediately below. 

Conservation Planning Projects	Product Description and Link	Reference
Base layers for state of Missouri landscape level conservation projects	Modified NHD stream network layer Modified NHD stream catchment layer
Coordinating Aquatic Conservation Tools to Connect Priority Geographies and Guide Landscape-Level Conservation	Summary of landscape level tools available for aquatic conservation planning and how to use each tool
Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Biodiversity	*Ranking of each stream-reach in Missouri based on aquatic conservation value within and outside existing networks	Sievert et al. 2020
*Developing Candidate Reference Reaches for Missouri Streams	Ranking of streams based on biotic index scores	Paukert et al. 2020
Climate Change Projects	Product Description and Link	Reference
Fish and Climate Change (FiCli) Database: Informing climate change adaptation and management actions for freshwater fishes	Interactive database of projected and documented effects of climate change for inland fish	Krabbenhoft et al. 2020
Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Biodiversity	Composite index of potential vulnerability of Missouri fishes to changes in stream temperature, flows, and fragmentation	Sievert et al. 2016
A Decision Support Mapper for Conservation of Stream Fish Habitats of the Northeast Climate Science Center Region	Map viewer and data portal for indices classify threshold conditions in agricultural and urban land use, dam and road densities, water quality (303d impaired streams), and climate change through Northeast U.S.	Daniel et al. 2017
Sampling Design Projects	Product Description and Link	References
Conservation and Management of Missouri’s Mid-Sized Rivers	Interactive took to determine the protocols needed to collect a user defined fish species richness	Dunn and Paukert 2020