The Laurentian Great Lakes, also referred to as the Great Lakes or Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes in the upper mid-east region of North America which drain into the Atlantic Ocean through the Saint Lawrence River. In general, they are located on or near the Canada-United States border.
Additional data related to the use of environmental DNA to detect invasive species is stored in the Invasive Species section of the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center's ScienceBase data site. A link to this web page is listed below, under Related External Resources.
Additional resources associated with UMESC's avian ecology projects are availalbe in the ScienceBase sections listed in the 'Related External Resources' section of this Web page.
The Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS) refers to the navigatable portions of the Mississippi River upstream from its confluence with the Ohio River near Cairo, IL. The Rivers which comprise the UMRS are; Mississippi River upstream from its confluence with the Ohio River to Minneapolis, MN; llinois River from its confluence with the Mississippi River upstream to Lake Michigan; and the commercially navigable portions of the St. Croix River (Minnesota/Wisconsin), Black River (Wisconsin), and Kaskaskia River (Illinois).
