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Ecology of spring-migrating waterfowl within the lower Wabash River floodplain
… critical for many waterfowl species. The lower Wabash River floodplain, in southeastern Illinois and southwestern Indiana, has been anecdotally suggested to contain suitable habitat for large concentrations of migratory waterfowl, but currently lacks robust estimates of waterfowl use. Therefore, …
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FACTORS DETERMINING HABITAT SELECTION BY SPRING MIGRATING WATERFOWL ALONG THE WABASH RIVER, ILLINOIS
… study plots. Models containing precipitation and Wabash River flood stage predictor variables were the best performing, and were the best predictors of waterfowl abundance on study plots. The results from this chapter encouraged investigation into how environmental factors shape the formation of …
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FORAGING BEHAVIOR OF DUCKS DURING SPRING MIGRATION IN THE WABASH RIVER REGION, ILLINOIS
… open water, and forested wetlands in the Wabash River Floodplain in eastern Illinois. I randomly selected one plot within each block to supplement with 2000 kg/ha of corn (Zea mays), creating an area of very high duck food abundance next to a control area with no added food. I conducted …
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An archeological survey of seven illinois counties in the Embarrass and the adjacent Wabash river drainages
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Stopover duration and habitat use of spring-migrating dabbling ducks in the Wabash River Valley, USA
… continuing north to the breeding grounds. The Wabash River Valley (WRV) in southeastern Illinois provides habitat for over 500,000 dabbling ducks each spring. Despite the heavy use of this region, information regarding stopover duration and habitat use of waterfowl is lacking. Stopover …
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Flow structure of an asymmetric large river confluence
… and confluence morphodynamics at a large river confluence with an asymmetrical planform. Five sets of field measurements of three-dimensional velocity components and bed topography at the confluence of the Wabash River and Embarras River along the Illinois-Indiana border reveal a complex …
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Seismic parameters for the central United States based on paleoliquefaction evidence in the Wabash Valley
… suggest prehistoric earthquake magnitudes in the Wabash Valley far exceed historical events. This geotechnical engineering study of paleoliquefaction sites in southern Indiana and along the Wabash River in Illinois has provided an opportunity to estimate magnitudes and attenuation characteristics …
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Estimating the water quality condition of river and lake water in the Midwestern United States from its spectral characteristics
… for water quality retrieval in Midwestern rivers and lakes. In the first part of this study, the spectral measurements collected using a hand-held spectrometer as well as water quality observations for the Wabash River and its tributary the Tippecanoe River in Indiana were used to develop …
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Development and application of quantitative methods for ecosystem services
… evaluation method in the Upper Mississippi River Basin under current conditions and future climate change, (2) improve understanding of influences of aquatic genetic resource provisioning using the SWAT model, (3) improve quantification methods for climate regulation ecosystem services using …
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Observation-Based Algorithm Development For Subsurface Hydrology In Northern Temperate Wetlands
… on cultivated organic soils in the Kankakee River basin, a flat outwash plain covered with relatively deep, poorly drained soil with high organic matter content. Methane and carbon dioxide emissions were simulated by using soil temperature, water table position and net primary production …
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Range-wide Distribution and Genetic Structure of Acroneuria frisoni Stark and Brown, 1991 (Plecoptera; Perlidae): Tools for Reintroduction to Central Illinois
… A. frisoni to the Middle Fork of the Vermilion River, Vermilion County Illinois; and 5) Evaluation of reintroduction success. The mitochondrial gene Cytochrome Oxidase I (COI) was used to determine the Pleistocene glacial refugia, northward recolonization routes and the role of contemporary and …
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Fly Ash Zeolite Catalyst Support for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis
… alumina, and 13X). Fly ash, obtained from the Wabash River Generating Station, was first characterized using XRD, SEM/EDS, particle size, and nitrogen sorption techniques. Then, a parametric study of a two-step alkali fusion/hydrothermal treatment process for converting fly ash to zeolite …
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Biology and ecology of bigheaded carp in an invaded ecosystem
… and bighead carp and their hybrids) in the Wabash River, Indiana (USA), as a case study. Trends in population characteristics appeared to vary with invasion stage. Female-skewed sex ratios, changing length-weight relationships, and earlier maturation are all characteristics that may …
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Detection probabilities and local population demographics of fishes in urbanized and forested streams of the New River basin, Virginia
… passes and size/age groups in the middle New River basin, Virginia. I also examined differences in detection probabilities between two physiographic regions: the middle New River basin, and the upper Wabash River basin, Indiana; and evaluated differences between single- and multiple-season …
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Controls on the extent of the Laurentide Ice Sheet in Southern Illinois
… in bedrock lowlands, and calving speed in the Wabash and modern and ancestral Mississippi river systems. I compare the extent of modeled ice and the mapped location of the Illinois Episode glacial margin along five flow lines. Provided that my assumptions are corrects, and without accounting …
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Geographic expansion and small stream use by three species of invasive Asian carp in Illinois
… populations throughout the lower Mississippi River and its tributaries, and have spread into the Upper Mississippi and its tributaries. Asian carp are very fecund and feed at lower trophic levels, potentially posing serious negative impacts for native species by the removal of essential forage …
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From meander bend to oxbow lake: morphodynamics and sedimentology of chute cutoffs
… locally shortens and straightens a meandering river channel, excavating a large volume of floodplain sediment as the chute channel deepens and widens. Bar development at the upstream and downstream ends of the cutoff channel leads to abandonment of the bend and formation of an oxbow lake, …
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The sedimentary architecture of meandering rivers: The influence of bend migration style
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-04-12 without embargo terms