Sediment quality and quantity issues related to the restoration of backwater lakes along the Illinois River waterway

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-40

  Machesky, Michael L ^a   Slowikowski, James A ^a   Cahill, Richard A ^b   Bogner, William C ^a   Marlin, John C ^c   Holm, Thomas R ^a   Darmody, Robert G ^d  

^a ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid volatile sulfides; Ammonia; Ecosystem degradation; Pore water; Toxicity; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

PEORIA;

EID: 22444439311     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634980590914881     Document Type: Article

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