The Wabash River Ecosystem

Detailed report of a 30-year study of the water quality of the Wabash River.

James R. Gammon is on the faculty of the Department of Biological Sciences at DePauw University, Greencastle, IN.

HISTORIC INFLUENCES -- THE INDIAN EA (8,000 BC-1780AD)

1

(4)

HISTORIC INFLUENCES -- THE SETTLEMENT ERA (1780-1880)

5

(9)

HISTORIC INFLUENCES -- THE CANAL ERA (1825-1875)

14

(4)

HISTORIC INFLUENCES -- THE SCIENTIFIC ERA (1875-present)

18

(3)

PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES OF THE WABASH RIVER

21

(20)

Flow regime of the Wabash River

24

(7)

Temperature

31

(1)

Suspended solids concentration

32

(5)

River channel morphology

37

(4)

THE RIPARIAN WETLAND CORRIDOR

41

(14)

CHEMICAL ATTRIBUTES -- NUTRIENTS

55

(9)

Conductivity

57

(2)

Nitrogen

59

(3)

Phosphorus

62

(2)

CHEMICAL ATTRIBUTES -- DISSOLVED OXYGEN

64

(7)

CHEMICAL ATTRIBUTES -- HEAVY METALS

71

(3)

WABASH RIVER FISHES -- INTRODUCTION AND METHODS

74

(10)

DOMINANT FISHES OF THE WABASH RIVER

84

(7)

REDHORSE OF THE WABASH RIVER

91

(8)

BLUE SUCKER AND BUFFALOFISH

99

(6)

THE GAR AND BOWFIN

105

(4)

CATFISH AND FRESHWATER DRUM

109

(6)

GOLDEYE, MOONEYE, AND SKIPJACK HERRING

115

(4)

THE SPORT FISHES

119

(12)

THE ANCIENT FISHES

131

(5)

SMALL DENIZENS OF THE WABASH

136

(2)

THE COMPOSITE INDEX OF WELL-BEING -- Iwb

138

(11)

CHANGES IN ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY OF THE WABASH RIVER

149

(10)

DEVELOPMENT OF AN IBI FOR THE WABASH RIVER

159

(20)

THE WABASH RIVER'S RENEWABLE COMMERCIAL RESOURCES

179

(7)

PHYTOPLANKTON AND THE WABASH RIVER ECOSYSTEM

186

(3)

MACROINVERTEBRATES OF THE WABASH RIVER

189

(8)

THE EFFECT OF ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANTS OF FISH COMMUNITIES

197

(14)

THE EFFECT OF THE ELI LILLY AND COMPANY PLANT AT CLINTON, INDIANA

211

(6)

THE EFFECT OF THE LAFAYETTE/WEST LAFAYETTE METROPOLITAN AREA

217

(6)

THE EFFECT OF THE TERRE HAUTE METROPOLITAN AREA

223

(6)

VALIDATION OF THE IWB AND DCA PATTERNS

229

(2)

DISCUSSION

231

(5)

LITERATURE CITED

236

(11)

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS ON THE WABASH RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES PRODUCED BY RESEARCH FUNDED BY CINERGY CORP. AND ELI LILLY AND COMPANY

247

(3)

MASTER OF ARTS THESES

250

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The Wabash River Ecosystem

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