Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program: Iowa
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Iowa Project

Effects of invasive carp and impoundment on food web structure and fish condition in Upper Mississippi River tributaries

January 2024 - August 2027

Personnel

Participating Agencies

  • United States Fish and Wildlife Service

We are using stable isotope ​and body condition analyses to understand the ​effects of invasive carp on freshwater fish assemblages and food webs. This work will help guide management to suppress ​invasive carp populations and upstream spread near the invasion front in the Upper Mississippi River Basin.

Presentations Presentation Date
Harms, J., M. Weber, and M. Moore. Effects of Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) on native fish condition in Upper Mississippi River basin. Poster Presentation. 2024 85th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, St. Louis, Missouri. January 2025