Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center

folder.gifRiver Inventory and Monitoring
tree_f.giffolder.gifBathymetry
 tree_f.giffolder.gifExamples of studies utilizing bathymetric data

Suitable Backwater Over-wintering Habitat

A predictive GIS model is being developed that uses morphometric characteristics to anticipate the likelihood of a backwater being suitable for over-wintering of fishes. Water depth is used both to determine physical space available and to determine water exchange rates that influence water temperature and dissolved oxygen levels. Below is an example of the output of the GIS model.  Principal investigator: Jim Rogala.
Suitable backwater over-wintering habitat (map)

Additional documentation regarding suitable backwater over-wintering habitat

November 17, 2000