Central Plains Center for Bioassessment

Research

As a center of biological expertise, we assist in study design and analysis, conduct independent research, assist in field work, and assist in the construction, maintenance, and housing of databases. Current projects and past projects are listed below by waterbody type. Click on each to see related databases, photos, resources, and contact names.

Streams and Rivers

Asian Carp Distribution Study Using Environmental DNA (eDNA)	2012‑2013
Identifying floodplain alleviation from post-settlement land use activities in the Delaware River Basin (Kansas): a proof of concept study	2012‑2013
eDNA sampling as a non-invasive monitoring tool for threatened and endangered species: Experimental studies using Topeka Shiners (Notropis topeka)	2012‑2013
Biological impairment in Kansas reservoirs and lotic ecosystems due to erosion and sediment	2009‑2012
Assessment of Sunflower Electric Power Corporation’s Great Bend Station selenium discharge on a tributary of Dry Walnut Creek	2011
Jeffreys Energy Center Biomonitoring	2008‑2010
Assessing the Condition of USEPA Region 7's Large Tributaries of the Missouri River: A Probabilistic Design Approach	2007‑2010
National Rivers and Streams Assessment	2008‑2009
Assessment of Selenium Levels in the Solomon River in Southwestern Kansas (Kansas Department of Health and Environment)	2007‑2009
EMAP-Great Rivers Reference Condition Research on the Missouri River in Kansas	2006‑2008
Kansas City Missouri Urban Streams	2007‑2008
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks Macroinvertebrates	2004‑2007
Continuation of Nutrient Criteria Efforts in USEPA Region 7: Documenting Lake and Stream Analyses and Assembling a Wetland Database	2004‑2007
Assessment of Selenium Levels in Water, Bottom Sediment, and Biota of Arkansas River in Southwestern Kansas (Kansas Department of Health and Environment)	2005‑2007
Identification and Characterization of Reference Conditions of Wadeable Streams within USEPA Region 7 Using Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) methodology	2005‑2006
Defining Relationships among Indicators of Sediment, Erosion and Ecosystem Health in Low Gradient Streams	2004‑2006
Determination of Regional Reference Conditions, Tiered Aquatic Life Applications and Inter-Regional Calibration of Community Assessment Methods	2003‑2006
National Wadeable Streams Assessment	2004‑2005
Ecological Assessment of Wolf Creek	2003‑2005
Lake Modeling Project - Part I	2001‑2003
National Park Service - Heartland Network Project	2001‑2003
Nutrient Streams Project	1999‑2002
TMDL Supplemental Data Assessment Project	1999‑2001
Dissolved Oxygen Study	1999‑2001
Validation of the Clean Water Farms Project	1996‑2001
Tristate Study	1992‑1994

Lakes and Reservoirs

National Lake Survey (2012)	2012
Biological impairment in Kansas reservoirs and lotic ecosystems due to erosion and sediment	2009‑2012
Determining the Utility and Adaptability of Remote Sensing in Monitoring and Assessing Reservoir Eutrophication and Turbidity for TMDL Assessments	2008‑2009
Pottawatomie State Fishing Lake Assessment	2008
Models for the Management of Taste and Odor Events in Kansas Reservoirs--Phase 1 Research	2006‑2008
Lake Survey - USACE	2007
EMAP Lake Survey (2007)	2007
Lake Survey - Marion Reservior	2007
Lake Modeling Project Part II: An integrated assessment of the effects of internal phosphorus cycling and sediment resuspension on the eutrophication of lakes and reservoirs in the Central Plains	2005‑2007
Continuation of Nutrient Criteria Efforts in USEPA Region 7: Documenting Lake and Stream Analyses and Assembling a Wetland Database	2004‑2007
Lake Modeling Project - Part I	2001‑2003
National Park Service - Heartland Network Project	2001‑2003
Spatial and Temporal Variability of Nutrient Limitation on Phytoplankton Growth in Kansas Reservoirs	2001‑2003
TMDL Supplemental Data Assessment Project	1999‑2001

Wetlands

National Wetland Condition Assessment	2011
Assessment of Floodplain Wetlands of the Lower Missouri River Using an EMAP Study Approach, Phase II: Verification of Rapid Assessment Tools	2008‑2009
Reference Wetlands of USEPA Region 7	2006‑2008
Wetlands of the Lower Missouri River Floodplain, Phase I	2005‑2007
Continuation of Nutrient Criteria Efforts in USEPA Region 7: Documenting Lake and Stream Analyses and Assembling a Wetland Database	2004‑2007
Developing Regional Nutrient Criteria for Wetlands of the Central Plains Region	2005‑2007