DISCLAIMER 



The findings, conclusions, and views expressed herein are those of the researchers and 

 should not be considered as the official position of the United States Fish and Wildlife 

 Service or the Illinois Department of Conservation. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



Project F-lOl-R is supported by United States Fish and Wildlife Service Sport Fish 

 Restoration Program (Wallop - Breaux) funds administered by the Illinois Department of 

 Conservation. Mr. Larry Dunham, Mr. Bill Bertrand, and Mr. Michael Sweet of the 

 Illinois Department of Conservation, Dr. Lorin Nevling, Chief of the Illinois Natural 

 History Survey, and Dr. David Philipp, Head of the Center for Aquatic Ecology, 

 provided administrative support. Forbes Biological Station staff, Philip Moy, Eric Hopps, 

 Cammy Smith, Dan Holm, and Ruth Sparks, and Long-Term Resource Monitoring Station' 

 staff, at Havana, Stephanie Edwards, Paul Raibley, Steve Stenzel, and Edgar Seward, and 

 Aquatic Ecology Center secretary, Beverley Hubert, provided technical or secretarial' 

 support. Special thanks are due to Philip Moy who was the crew chief for the field work 

 on the middle and lower portion on the river. Mr. Robert Illyes continued work on the 

 computerization of the database. 



