Design and Operation of a System to Monitor Sediment Deposition for Protection of an Endangered Mussel

by Michael S. Griffin, U.S. Geological Survey, Louisville, United States,
David S. Mueller, (M.ASCE), U.S. Geological Survey, Louisville, United States,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Fundamentals and Advancements in Hydraulic Measurements and Experimentation

Abstract:

The USGS, in cooperation with the COE, has designed and installed a system to continuously monitor changes in elevation of the river bed over the mussel bed located downstream of the Olmsted Locks and Dam project. The installed system utilizes a multi-transducer acoustic ranging system to provide river bed elevation measurements accurate to plus or minus 1 cm. The system is currently collecting data to assess the baseline sediment deposition and erosion characteristics of the mussel bed.

Subject Headings: Communication systems | Sediment | River and stream beds | Hydrologic data | Data collection | Bed materials | Acoustics

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