This section provides links to a variety of dredging publications from entities such as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Great Lakes Commission and others. This section also includes a collection of publications related to dredging and dredged material management compiled and linked to (but not published) by the Great Lakes Dredging Team. Not all publications are up to date, however, they are valuable to understand dredging, dredged material management, and the beneficial use of dredged material management on the Great Lakes. The content and the views and opinions expressed in these publications do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any agency, company, or organization that participates with or is a stakeholder of the Great Lakes Dredging Team.

Additional soil erosion and dredging publications can be found on the Great Lakes Commission website. 

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 Dredging, Dredged Material Management, and Beneficial Use of Dredged Material Management

• Guide to Policies and Projects Related to Beneficial Use of Dredged Material in the Great Lakes, 2016
• Erie Pier: Finding Sustainable Markets for Dredged Materials, 2014
  • Brannan, R. L., J. Skurla, and S. Castleberry. 2014. Journal of Business Case Studies (JBCS), 10(2): 121-130
• Selection of Dredging Projects for Maximizing Waterway System Performance, January 2013
  • Mitchell, K.N., B.X. Wang, and M. Khodakarami. 2013. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2330(1): 39-46
• A Review of Risk-Based Approaches to the Development of Screening Criteria for Soils and Application to Beneficial Use of Dredged Material, 2012
  • Bailey, S. E., D. E. Averett, and P. R. Schroeder. 2012. DOER Technical Notes Collection, ERDC TN-DOER-D14. Vicksburg, MS: Army Engineer Research and Development Center. 30 p.
• Construction of Shipping Channels in the Detroit River: History and Environmental Consequences, 2011
  • Bennion, D.H., and B.A. Manny. 2011. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2011–5122, 14 p.
• Improvements for Dredging and Dredged Material Handling, June 2011
  • Randall, R.E, A.C. Drake, and W.A. Cenac. 2011. In Proceedings of the Western Dredging Association (WEDA XXXI) Technical Conference and Texas A&M University (TAMU 42) Dredging Seminar, Nashville, TN: 104-122
• ​Sustainable Confined Disposal Facilities for Long-term Management of Dredged Material, 2010
  • Rosati, J.D., T.L. Welp, L.T. Lee, W.V. Gwin, and D.E. Averett. 2010.  DOER Technical Notes Collection, ERDC TN-DOER-D10. Vicksburg, MS: Army Engineer Research and Development Center. 23 p.
• Great Lakes Confined Disposal Facilities, 2003
• Confined Disposal Facilities on the Great Lakes, 1998

 Ecological Impacts and Environmental Windows

• Exploring Science-based Strategies for Environmental Dredging Windows in Lake Michigan, 2021
  • Great Lakes Commission, October, 2021.
• Influence of Open-Lake Placement of Dredged Material on Western Lake Erie Basin Harmful Algal Blooms, August 2014
  • Ecology and Environment Inc & LimnoTech. (2014). Influence of Open-Lake Placement of Dredged Material on Western Lake Erie Basin Harmful Algal Blooms. USACE Digital Library. Published. 
    https://usace.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16021coll7/id/1940
• Dredging and Contaminant Exposure to Tree Swallows Nesting on the Upper Mississippi River, 2013
  • Custer, T.W., P.M. Dummer, C.M. Custer, and D. Warburton. 2013. Environmental monitoring and assessment, 185(11): 9043-9053
• Comparisons of Bird, Aquatic Macroinvertebrate, and Plant Communities Among Dredged Ponds and Natural Wetland Habitats at Long Point, Lake Erie, Ontario, August 2012
  • Schummer, M. L., J. Palframan, E. McNaughton, T. Barney, and S.A. Petrie. 2012. Wetlands, 32(5): 945-953
• The Effects of Suspended Sediment on Walleye, April 2012
  • The Effects of Suspended Sediment on (Sander vetreus eggs) Walleye. 2012. Burton C. Suedel, Charles H. Lutz, Joan U. Clark, Douglas G. Clark. 10.1007/s11368-012-0521-1. Journal of Soils and Sediments.
• The Impact of Dredging on Heterogeneity and Fish Communities in Agricultural Streams of the greater Sandusky River Watershed, Ohio, March 2012
  • Becher, C. (2012). In Proceedings of the National Conference of Undergraduate Research (NCUR) 2012, Weber State University, Ogden, UT: 578-583
• Assessment of Dredging-induced Sedimentation Effects on Winter Flounder (Pseudopleuronectes Americanus) Hatching Success: Results of Laboratory Investigations, 2011
  • Berry, W.J., N.I. Rubinstein, E.K. Hinchey, G. Klein-Macphee, and D.G. Clarke. 2011. In Proceedings of the Western Dredging Association (WEDA XXXI) Technical Conference and Texas A&M University (TAMU 42) Dredging Seminar, Nashville, TN: 47-57
• Assessing Nutrient Transport Following Dredging of Agricultural Drainage Ditches, 2010
  • Smith, D.R., and C. Huang. 2010. Transactions of the ASABE, 53(2): 429-436
• Environmental Aspects of Dredging: What About Air Quality?, 2009
  • Anderson, M.J., and B.D. Barkdoll. 2009. In Proceedings of the 2009 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Kansas City, MO: 3300–3309
• Gender Difference in Walleye PCB Concentrations Persists Following Remedial Dredging, 2009
  • Madenjian, C. P., D.J. Jude, R.R. Rediske, J.P. O’Keefe, and G.E. Noguchi. 2009. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 35(3): 347-352

 Openwater and Nearshore Placement

• Ecological Risk Assessment (ERA) of Open-water Disposal of Sediment to Support the Management of Dredging Project in the St. Lawrence River, 2012
  • Desrosiers, M., L. Martel, L. Boudreau, M. Cormier, C. Gagnon, S. Lepage, S. Masson, P. Michon, M. Pelletier, S. Thibodeau, G. Triffault-Bouchet, and M.P. Babut. 2012. In Contaminated Sediments: Restoration of Aquatic Environment, STP1554: 105-125

 Sediment Quality and Characterization

• Contaminated Aquatic Sediments, 2020
  • Jaglal, K. 2013. Water Environment Research, 85(10): 1678-1699
• Record of PCB Congeners, Sorbents and Potential Toxicity in Core Samples in Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal, 2020
  • Martinez, A., and K.C. Hornbuckle. 2011. Chemosphere, 85(3): 542-547
• Assessing Contaminated Sediments in the Context of Multiple Stressors, 2010
  • Burton, G. A., and E.L. Johnston. 2010. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry,29(12): 2625-2643
• Efficiency of Sediment Quality Guidelines for Predicting Toxicity: the Case of the St. Lawrence River, 2010
  • Desrosiers, M., M.P. Babut, M. Pelletier, C. Bélanger, S. Thibodeau, and L. Martel. 2010. Integrated environmental assessment and management, 6(2): 225-239
• PCB Concentrations in Walleyes and their Prey from the Saginaw River, Lake Huron: a Comparison Between 1990 and 2007, 2010
  • Jude, D.J., R. Rediske, J. O’Keefe, S. Hensler, and J.P. Giesy. 2010. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 36(2): 267-276
• Polychlorinated Biphenyls in the Surficial Sediment of Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal, Lake Michigan, 2010
  • Martinez, A., K. Norström, K. Wang, and K.C. Hornbuckle. 2010. Environment international, 36(8): 849-854
• Segregation of the PAH-contaminated Fraction of Hydraulically Dredged Sediment, 2009
  • Zhao, X., L. Drumm, K. Yin, and K.J. Rockne. 2009. Journal of Environmental Engineering, 135(5): 291-298

 Sediment Remediation

• In-situ Capping of Contaminated Sediments with Organophilic Clay, 2012 
  • Jim Olsta, P. E. 2010. Ports, 2010: 603-610
• A Scoping Exercise to Understand Community Perceptions of Contaminated Sediment Remediation in the Sheboygan River Area of Concern, 2012
  • McCoy, C., and A. Morgan. 2012. Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant, 26p.
• Review of Mechanical and Hydraulic Dredging at Two Sediment Remediation Sites, 2011
  • Wescott, J. 2011. In Proceedings of the Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments, Water and Energy: 16(9): 90-99
• Dredging Processes and Remedy Effectiveness: Relationship to the 4 Rs of Environmental Dredging, February 2010
  • Bridges, T.S., K.E. Gustavson, P. Schroeder, S.J. Ells, D. , S.C. Nadeau, M.R. Palermo, and C. Patmont. 2010. Integrated environmental assessment and management, 6(4): 619-630
• A Parametric Model for Estimating Costs for Remediating Contaminated Sediment Sites Using a Dredging Method – A Budgetary & Planning Tool for Decision-Makers, 2010
  • Rosengard, J., J. Wallace, A. MacDonald, R. Lafrenz, and M. Otten. 2010. In Proceedings of the Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments, Water and Energy, 14(1): 247-257
• Remediating Contaminated Sediments in the Ashtabula Harbor as Part of the Ashtabula River Area of Concern: a Collaboration Success Story-9521, 2009
  • Rule, R. W., and P.E. Matthew Snyder. In Proceedings of WM 2009, Phoenix, AZ: 4275-4289
• Sediment Remediation Impacts on Macroinvertebrate Community Structure: Assessing the Success of Urban Stream Restoration, 2009
  • Nederveld, L. B. 2009. Masters Theses, Grand Valley State University. 77 p.
• USACE Technical Guidelines for Predicting the 3Rs of Environmental Dredging, 2009
  • Schroeder, P. 2009. In Proceedings XXIXth Western Dredging Congress, Honolulu, HI: 311-330

 Sediment and Watershed Management

• Dispersion of Suspended Sediment from Dredging Operations in the St. Clair River, 2013
  • Prodanovic, P. 2013 . TUC 2013: 121-125
• Longshore Sediment Movement and Supply along the U.S. Shoreline of Lake Erie, 2011
  • Morang, A., M.C. Mohr, and C.M. Forgette. 2011. Journal of Coastal Research, 27(4): 619-635
• Application and Validation of a GIS-Based Stream Bank Stability Tool for the Great Lakes Region, July 2010
  • Stone, A.G., M.S. Riedel, T. Dahl, and J. Selegean. 2010. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 65(4): 92A-98A