| Figure 1. Location of study Pools 4,
8, and 13 in the Upper Mississippi River, USA. |
| Figure 2. Mean poolwide
sedimentation rates for selected elevation classes for the period
1997 to 2001 in Pools 4, 8, and 13. |
| Figure 3. Mean poolwide sedimentation
rates during 2000 (low discharge year) and 2001 (high discharge year)
for Pools 4, 8, and 13. |
| Figure 4. Correlation
between poolwide annual sedimentation rates for terrestrial and aquatic
portions of transects and annual discharge (as measured by the discharge
condition exceeded 5% of the time within each year). Data derived
from Pools 4, 8, and 13. |
| Figure 5. Annual discharge (as measured
by the discharge condition exceeded 5% of the time within each year)
for Pool 8 from 1959 to 2001. |
| Figure 6. Mean poolwide
sedimentation rates for selected elevation classes during the years
2000 and 2001 for Pools 4, 8, and 13. |
Backwater sedimentation rates
Rates and Patterns of Net Sedimentation in Backwaters
