Water samples and free-living and sessite ciliated protozoa were collected at various distances above and below a stream that received runoff from a feedlot. No correlation was found between the species of protozoa recovered, ...

Dynamics of floodplain wetlands along the Kankakee River in Northeastern Illinois were studied during the Spring flood season of 1979. The study involved hydrology, water chemistry and sedimentation measurements. The ...

The purpose of this research was to determine why fingernail clams have been unable to recolonize a 100-mile reach of the Illinois River where they were abundant prior to a die-off in the 1950's. Fingernail clams are major ...

Drainage improvements in agricultural watersheds have extensively modified midwestern streams and rivers and the flora and fauna associated with these water resources. The alteration of low order streams in Central Illinois ...

Within aquatic ecosystems, periphytic biofilms can be hot spots of denitrification, and previous work has suggested that algal taxa within periphyton can influence the species composition and activity of resident denitrifying ...