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Hydraulic and Water Quality Evaluation of the Upper Illinois River. Migration of Asian carp up the Illinois River moved rapidly from 1986 until about 2002 when the population front “stalled” in the Marseilles/Dresden Pools of the Illinois River ( Kolar , et al, 2007).
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Hydraulic and Water Quality Evaluation of the Upper Illinois River • Migration of Asian carp up the Illinois River moved rapidly from 1986 until about 2002 when the population front “stalled” in the Marseilles/Dresden Pools of the Illinois River (Kolar, et al, 2007). • This project will collect detailed hydraulic and water quality data and collaborate with partner agencies collecting fish telemetry data to determine what factors that may be stalling the migration. • Project will be completed Sept. 2014.
2013 Illinois R. at Marseilles stage and discharge fluctuations
Hanson culverts • Backwater responds to Illinois River stage fluctuations
2013-2014 Work Plan • Detailed water velocity mapping in Marseilles and Dresden pools. • Detailed water quality monitoring in Marseilles and Dresden pools . • Coordinate fish telemetry data with river parameter data to assess factors affecting fish movement.
Confluence of the Des Plaines and Kankakee Rivers—approximate location of “stalled “Asian carp migration front