Research Guides: Cache River, Illinois: Watershed Science and Policy: Hydrology

Books, Dissertations, Theses, & Research Papers

Blattel, C. R. (2003). Groundwater Nitrogen and Phosphate Attenuation by Giant Cane and Forest Riparian Buffers in the Cache River Watershed. Master's thesis, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Print Location: Morris Library, 4th Floor, Theses & Dissertations. Call Number: FO 2003 B645g

Davie, D. K. (1991). Assessment of the impact of the Conservation Reserve Program on suspended sediment load in two southern Illinois streams. [Big Creek, Cypress Creek]. Master's thesis, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Location: Morris Library, 4th Floor, Theses & Dissertations. Call Number: q. GE 1991 D254

Dorge, C. L. (1977). Phosphorus cycling in a southern Illinois cypress swamp. Master's thesis. Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL. 118 p.

Hoyer, E. W. (2005). A functional assessment of restored and reference wetlands along the Cache River, Illinois. Ph.D. dissertation, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. 239 p. Print Location: Morris Library, 4th Floor, Theses & Dissertations Call Number: PB 2005 H868f (Shelved with dissertations).

Schoonover, J. E. (2001). Attenuation of nutrients and sediment in agricultural surface and subsurface runoff by giant cane and forest riparian buffer zones. Master's thesis, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 138 p. Location: Morris Library, 4th Floor, Theses & Dissertatons Call Number: FO 2001 S372a.

Wiemhoff, J. R. (1977). Hydrology of a southern Illinois cypress swamp. Master's thesis, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL. 98 p.

Articles, Papers, and Reports

Allgire, R. L., & Cahill, R. A. (2001). Benchmark sedimentation survey of the Lower Cache River wetlands. Champaign, IL: Illinois State Water Survey. Contract Report 2001-17. Retrieved from http://www.isws.illinois.edu/pubdoc/CR/ISWSCR2001-17.pdf

Bekele, E. G., & Nicklow, J. W. (2005). Multiobjective management of ecosystem services by integrative watershed modeling and evolutionary algorithms. Water Resources Research, 41(10), w10406 (10 p.). doi:10.1029/2005WR004090 Location: Morris Library, Third Floor, Journals. Call Number: Shelved by Journal Title. [Big Creek]
Blattel, C. R., Williard, K. W. J., Baer, S. G., & Zaczek, J. J. (2005). Abatement of ground water phospate in giant cane and forest riparian buffers. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 41(2): 301-307. doi:10.1111/j.1752-1688.2005.tb03736.x
Bonjour, S. M., Rantala, H. M., Bennett, M. G, Whiles, M. R. 2018. Fish community structure and diet responses to Newbury weirs in a low-gradient river. Environmental Management, 61, 928-938. doi:10.1007/s00267-018-1022-9 Open access at https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs00267-018-1022-9.pdf
Butts, T. A., & Singh, K. P. (1997). Benthic sediment conditions and remediation alternatives for Horseshoe Lake, Alexander County. Champaign, IL: Illinois State Water Survey. Retrieved from http://www.isws.illinois.edu/pubdoc/CR/ISWSCR-607.pdf
Chong, S. K., Klubek, B. P., & Weber, J. T. (1998). Herbicide contamination by the 1993 Great Flood along the Mississippi River. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 34(3), 687-693. doi:10.1111/j.1752-1688.1998.tb00965.x [Horseshoe Lake State Game Reserve, Alexander County]
Davie, D. K., & Lant, C. L. (1994). The effect of CRP enrollment on sediment loads in two southern Illinois streams. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 43(4), 407-412.
Demissie, M. (1990). Sediment yield and accumulation in the Cache River. In: H. H. Chang & J. C. Hill, (Eds.), Hydraulic Engineering: Proceedings of the 1990 National Conference, sponsored by the Hydraulics Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers, hosted by the San Diego Section, ASCE, San Diego, California, July 30-August 3, 1990 (Vol. 2, pp. 814-819). New York, NY: American Society of Civil Engineers. Location: Morris Library: Dewey Books, Basement . Call Number: 627 H9952.
Demissie, M., Bekele, E., Lian, Y., & Keefer, L. (2010). Hydrologic and hydraulic modeling for evaluating alternatives for managed connection of the Upper and Lower Cache Rivers. Champaign, IL: Center for Watershed Science, Illinois State Water Survey. ISWS CR 2010-06 Retrieved from http://www.isws.uiuc.edu/pubdoc/CR/ISWSCR2010-06.pdf
Demissie, M., & Bhowmik, N. G. (1985). Cache River Basin study: Progress report and project design. Champaign, IL: State Water Survey Division. SWS Contract CR 366. http://www.isws.uiuc.edu/pubdoc/CR/ISWSCR-366.pdf
Demissie, M., Fitzpatrick, W. P., & Cahill, R. A. (1992). Sedimentation in the Cache River wetlands: Comparison of two methods. SWS Miscellaneous Publication; 129. Champaign, IL: Illinois State Water Survey, Illinois State Geological Survey, Department of Energy and Natural Resources. Retrieved from http://www.isws.illinois.edu/pubdoc/MP/ISWSMP-129.pdf
Demissie, M., Keefer, L., Lian, Y., & Yue, F. (2007). The importance of managing sedimentation in the Cache River wetlands. In Kabbes, K. C. (Ed.) Restoring our natural habitat: proceedings of the 2007 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress : May 15-19, 2007, Tampa, Florida. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers. (10 pages) doi:10.1061/40927(243)626
Demissie, M., Keefer, L., Lian, Y., Yue, F., & Larson, B. D. (2008). Hydrologic and hydraulic modeling and analyses for the Cache River for the purposes of evaluating current conditions and alternative restoration measures. Champaign, IL: Center for Watershed Science, Illinois State Water Survey. ISWS CR 2008-01 Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2142/8873
Demissie, M., Keefer, L., Lian, Y., Yue, F., & Bekele, E. (2009). Modeling the hydrology and hydraulics of the Cache River system. In Proceedings of World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2009 - World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2009: Great Rivers (Vol. 342, pp. 6010-6019). doi:10.1061/41036(342)608
Demissie, M., Knapp, H. V., Parmar, P, & Kriesant, D. J. (2001). Hydrology of the Big Creek Watershed and its influence on the Lower Cache River. Champaign, IL: Illinois State Water Survey. ISWS CR 2001-06 Retrieved from http://www.isws.illinois.edu/pubdoc/CR/ISWSCR2001-06.pdf
Demissie, M., Makowski, P. B., Soong, T. W., & Bhowmik, N. G. (1987, May). Cache River Basin Progress Report. Champaign, IL: Illinois State Water Survey, Illinois Department of Energy and Natural Resources. ISWS CR-422. Retrieved from http://www.isws.illinois.edu/pubdoc/CR/ISWSCR-422.pdf
Demissie, M., Soong, T. W., Allgire, R., Keefer, L., & Makowski, P. (1990). Cache River Basin: Hydrology, hydraulics, and sediment transport. Volume 1: Background, data collection, and analysis. SWS Contract Report 484. Champaign, IL: Illinois State Water Survey. Retrieved from http://www.isws.illinois.edu/pubdoc/CR/ISWSCR-484.pdf
Demissie, M., Soong, T. W., & Camacho, R. (1990). Cache River Basin: Hydrology, hydraulics, and sediment transport. Volume 2: Mathematical modeling. SWS Contract Report 485. Champaign, IL: Illinois State Water Survey. Retrieved from http://www.isws.illinois.edu/pubdoc/CR/ISWSCR-485.pdf
Gough, S. (2005, November). Historic and prehistoric hydrology of the Cache River, Illinois. Little River Research and Design. Retrieved from http://emriver.com/documents/2017/12/cache-report-2005.pdf
Harmeson, R. H., & Larson, T. E. (1969). Quality of surface water in Illinois, 1956-1966. Champaign, IL: Illinois State Water Survey. ISWS Bulletin 54. Retrieved from http://www.isws.illinois.edu/pubdoc/B/ISWSB-54.pdf
Hite, R. L., Bickers, C. A., King, M. M. (1990). An intensive survey of the Shawnee National Forest region streams of southern Illinois, 1986-1987. Springfield, IL: State of Illinois, Environmental Protection Agency, Division of Water Pollution Control, Planning Section. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100802383 Print Location: Morris Library, Dewey Books, Basement. Call Number: 363.7394 H675I. [Includes information about Big Creek.]
Holmes, R. R. (1996). Hydraulic, geotechnical, geomorphic, and biologic data for the Cache River/Heron Pond area in southern Illinois. U.S. Geological Survey open-file report ; 96-467. Urbana, IL: U.S. Geological Survey ; Denver, CO: Branch of Information Service. Retrieved from http://il.water.usgs.gov/pubs/ofr96_467.pdf Print Location: Morris Library, Dewey Books, Basement, Call Number: 574.526322 H752h 1996; Also available: Morris Library, 3rd Floor, Government Documents Microfiche. Call Number: K. I19.76:96-467
Hopkinson, C. S. (1992). A comparison of ecosystem dynamics in freshwater wetlands. Estuaries, 15(4): 549-562.
Hutchison, M. D. (2000). Hydrologic History of the Lower Cache River Natural Area in Southern Illinois. Nature Conservancy. Available from the Department of the Interior, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service data servic.
llinois Department. of Natural Resources. (1997). Office of Scientific Research and Analysis. Cache River Area Assessment. Champaign, Ill.: Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources. (v.1. pt.1. Hydrology, air quality, and climate -- v.1. pt.2. Living resources -- v.2. Socio-economic profile: early accounts of the ecology of the Cache River Area.) [Note: The files are large. All three files may be retrieved from https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/handle/2142/13872] Print Copy Location: Morris Library, Dewey Books, Basement. Call Number: q. 577.609773 I29c 1997
Lee, M. (1992). Sediment detention basin feasibility study of Horseshoe Lake, Alexander County, Illinois. Champaign, IL: Illinois State Water Survey. ISWSCR-536. Retrieved from http://www.isws.illinois.edu/pubdoc/CR/ISWSCR-536.pdf
Loftus, T. T., & Kraft, S. E. (2003). Enrolling conservation buffers in the CRP. Land Use Policy, 20(1), 73-84. doi:10.1016/S0264-8377(02)00046-7
Mitsch, W. J., Dorge, C. L., & Wiemhoff, J. R. (1979). Ecosystem dynamics and a phosphorus budget of an alluvial cypress swamp in Southern Illinois. Ecology, 60(6), 1116-1124. doi:10.2307/1936959 [Heron Pond]
Mitsch, W. J. (1978). Interactions between a riparian swamp and a river in Southern Illinois. In R. R. Johnson & McCormick, J. F. , Strategies for protection and management of floodplain wetlands and other riparian ecosystems: Proceedings of the Symposium December 11-13, 1978, Callaway Gardens, Georgia (USDA Forest Service General Technical Report WO, no. 12). Washington, D.C.: GPO. Location: Basement, Call Number: 639.9 S898
Mitsch, W. J., Dorge, C. L., & Wiemhoff, J. R. (1977). Forested wetlands for water resource management in Southern Illinois. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois, Water Resources Center. WRC Research Report. Retrieved from http://web.extension.illinois.edu/iwrc/pdf/132.pdf [Heron Pond.]
Muir, D. P, Hite, R. L., King, M. M., Matson, M. R. (1995). An intensive survey of the Cache River Basin, summer 1992. Springfield, IL: State of Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Bureau of Water, Planning Section. Call Number: 363.739409773 I29in 1995.
Muleta, M. K., & Nicklow, J. W. (2005).Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis coupled with automatic calibration for a distributed watershed model. Journal of Hydrology, 306(1-4), 127-145. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.09.005
Muleta, M. K., Nicklow, J. W., Bekele, E. G. (2007). Sensitivity of a distributed watershed simulation model to spatial scale. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 12(2), 163-172. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2007)12:2(163) [Big Creek]
Natural Resources Conservation Service: Illinois (USDA). Natural Resource Survey of the Cypress Illinois Quadrangle. From the NRCS Illinois site: "The Natural Resources Survey of the Cypress, Illinois, Quadrangle provides a partial inventory of the soil, water, plant, and human resources for a small part of the Cache River Watershed. This resource-rich area located in the southern tip of Illinois served as the project area to test the concept of building a natural resources Geographic Information System (GIS)." The 11 x 17 version is also available.
Nicklow, J. W., & Muleta, M. K. (2001). Watershed management technique to control sediment yield in agriculturally dominated areas. Water International, 26(3), 435-443. doi:10.1080/02508060108686935 Print Location: Morris Library, 3rd Floor, Journals. Call Number: Shelved by journal title.
O’Brien, J. M., & Williard, K. W. J. (2006). Potential denitrification rates in an agricultural stream in southern Illinois. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 21(1):157-162. Print Journal Location: Morris Library, Third Floor, Journals. Shelved by Journal Title.
Olson, K. R. & Morton, L. W. (2014). The 2011 Ohio River flooding of the Cache River Valley in southern Illinois. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 69(1), 5A-10A. Retrieved from http://www.jswconline.org/content/69/1/5A.full.pdf+html
Schoonover, J., & Williard, K. Native riparian vegetation impacts on agricultural surface and subsurface water quality in the Cache River watershed. [Conference paper abstract]. In Illinois Water Resources Center, Illinois water 2000. Urbana, IL USA United States. Nov. 13-14, 2000 (p. 60). Urbana, IL: IWRC. IWRC Special Report 26. Retrieved from http://web.extension.illinois.edu/iwrc/pdf/SP26.pdf
Schoonover, J. E., Williard, K. W. J., Zaczek, J. J., Mangun, J. C., & Carver, A. D. (2005). Nutrient attenuation in agricultural surface runoff by riparian zones in southern Illinois, USA. Agroforestry Systems, 64(2),169–180. doi:10.1007/s10457-004-0294-7
Shasteen, Scott et al. (2002). An intensive survey of the Cache River Basin, data summary: summer 1999. Springfield, Ill. : State of Illinois, Environmental Protection Agency, Bureau of Water. Location: Morris Library, 5th Floor. Call Number: QH96.8.B5 I58 2002.
United States. Soil Conservation Service. (1987). Cache River basin: erosion and sedimentation report. Carbondale, Ill. : USDA Soil Conservation Service, 1987. Location: Morris Library, 4th Floor, Map Library. Call Number: QE571.U5 C3 1987x

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