06/05/2018 Paper accepted for publication in Ecological Modelling

Our paper "Using Reverse-time Egg Transport Analysis for Predicting Asian Carp Spawning Grounds in the Illinois River" has been accepted for publication in Ecological Modelling.

• A reverse-time particle tracking (RTPT) algorithm was implemented into Fluvial Egg Drift Simulator (FluEgg) program to back-cast the spawning location of Asian carp eggs from their collection sites.

• The new version of FluEgg was coupled with an unsteady hydrodynamic model of the Illinois Waterways.

• The results from the sub-samples of eggs collected in June 2015 indicate that tailwater section below the Locks and Dams in each navigation pool appear to be preferred spawning locations.

• From the data analyzed, the most upstream spawning location for the June 2015 spawning period was in the upper Marseilles navigation pool, downstream of the Dresden Island L&D.