Faculty

Bruce Rhoads

Bruce Rhoads
Bruce Rhoads is primarily interested in the fluvial dynamics of streams in the Midwest. Research interests include: 1) the fluvial dynamics of stream confluences and river meanders, 2) stream naturalization and restoration, 3.) the connection between geomorphological conditions and physical habitat for fish communities, 4) human impacts on river systems, and 5.) philosophical and conceptual issues in geomorphology and physical geography.

Courses

Recent Publications

Landwehr, K. and Rhoads, B.L. 2003. Depositional response of a headwater stream to channelization, East Central Illinois, USA. River Research and Applications, 19, 77-100.

Daniels, M.D. and Rhoads, B.L.  2003. Influence of a large woody debris obstruction on three-dimensional flow structure in a meander bend. Geomorphology, 51, 159-173.

Frothingham, K.M. and Rhoads, B.L. 2003. Three-dimensional flow structure and channel change in an asymmetrical compound meander loop, Embarras River, Illinois. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 28, 625-644.

Rhoads, B.L., Schwartz, J.S. and Porter, S.A. 2003. Stream geomorphology and variability of hydraulic habitat for fish in four Midwestern agricultural streams. Water Resources Research, 39, 1218, doi: 10.1029/2003WR002294.

Urban, M.A. and Rhoads, B.L. 2003. Catastrophic human-induced change in stream-channel planform and geometry in an agricultural watershed, Illinois, USA. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 93, 783-796.

White, A.B., Kumar, P., Saco, P.M., Rhoads, B.L., and Yen, B.C., 2003. Changes in hydrologic response due to stream network extension via land-drainage activities. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 39, 1547-1560. 

White, A.B., Kumar, P., Saco, P., Rhoads, B.L. and Yen, B.C. 2004. Hydrodynamic and geomorphologic dispersion: scale effects in the Illinois River Basin. Journal of Hydrology, 288, 237-257.  

Rhoads, B.L. and Sukhodolov, A.N.  2004. Spatial and temporal structure of shear-layer turbulence at a stream confluence, Water Resources Research, 40, W06304, doi: 10.1029/2003WR002811.

Rodriguez, J.F., Bombardelli, F.A., Garcia, M.H., Frothingham, K., Rhoads, B.L., and Abad, J.D.  2004. High resolution numerical simulation of flow through a highly sinuous river reach.  Water Resources Management, 18, 177-199.

Rhoads, B.L. 2004. Whither physical geography?  Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 94, 748-755.

Daniels, M.D. and Rhoads, B.L. 2004. Effect of LWD configuration on three-dimensional flow structure in two low-energy meander bends at varying stages. Water Resources Research,40, W11302, doi:10, 1029/2004WR003181. 

Rhoads, B.L. 2006. The dynamic basis re-envisioned: A process perspective on geomorphology.  Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 96, 14-30.

Sukhodolov, A.N, Fedele, J. and Rhoads, B.L. 2006. Structure of flow over alluvial bedforms: an experiment on linking field and laboratory methods.  Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 31, 1292-1310.

Opdyke, M.R., David, M.B., and Rhoads, B.L. 2006. The influence of geomorphic variability in channel characteristics on denitrification in agricultural streams.  Journal of Environmental Quality, 35, 2103-2112.

Daniels, M.D. and Rhoads, B.L.2007. Influence of experimental removal of large woody debris on spatial patterns of three-dimensional flow in a meander bend.  Earth Surface Processes and       Landforms, 32, 460-474.

Simon, A., Doyle, M., Shields, F.D., Jr., Rhoads, B.L., and McPhillips, M..  2007. Do the Rosgen       Classification and associated “natural channel design” methods integrate and quantify fluvial         processes and channel response?  Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 43,        1117-1131.

Guneralp, I. and Rhoads, B.L. 2008. Continuous characterization of the planform geometry and       curvature of meandering rivers. Geographical Analysis,  40, 1-25.