Eastern Illinois University The Keep Masters Theses Student Theses & Publications 1981 The Distribution and Relative Abundance of Aquatic Oligochaeta in the Upper Cache River System, Southern Illinois, in Relation to Water Quality Mark Julian Wetzel Eastern Illinois University This research is a product of the graduate program in Zoology at Eastern Illinois University. Find out more about the program. Recommended Citation Wetzel, Mark Julian, "The Distribution and Relative Abundance of Aquatic Oligochaeta in the Upper Cache River System, Southern Illinois, in Relation to Water Quality" (1981). Masters Theses. 3030. https://thekeep.eiu.edu/theses/3030 This is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Theses & Publications at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in Masters Theses by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE DISTRIBUTION AND RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OFAQUATIC OLIGOCHAETA INTHEUPPER CACHE RIVERSYSTEM, SOUTHERN II.I.INOIS, (TITLE) IN RELATION TO WATER QUALITY BY MARK JULIAN WETZEL :::: THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN THE GRADUATE SCHOOL, EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CHARLESTON, ILLINOIS 1981 YEAR I HEREBY RECOMMEND THIS THESIS BE ACCEPTED AS FULFILLING THIS PART OF THE GRADUATE DEGREE CITED ABOVE /(�ff DATE THE DISTRIBUTION AND RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF AQUATIC OLIGOCHAETA IN THE UPPER CACHE RIVER SYSTEM, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, IN RELATION TO WATER QUALITY A Thesis Presented To The Department Of Zoology Eastern Illinois University In Partial fulfillment Of The Requirements For Tile Degree Master Of Science By Mark Julian Wetzel December, 1981 ii ABSTRACT Species composition, distribution, abundance , and water quality relationships of aquatic oligochaetes occurring in the upper Cache River system, southern Illinois were investigated.