Contrasting the roles of section length and instream habitat
enhancement for river restoration success: a field study of 20
European restoration projects

J 2015

Contrasting the roles of section length and instream habitat enhancement for river restoration success: a field study of 20 European restoration projects

HERING, Daniel, Jukka AROVIITA, Annette BAATTRUP-PEDERSEN, Karel BRABEC, Tom BUIJSE et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Contrasting the roles of section length and instream habitat enhancement for river restoration success: a field study of 20 European restoration projects

Authors

HERING, Daniel (276 Germany, guarantor), Jukka AROVIITA (246 Finland), Annette BAATTRUP-PEDERSEN (208 Denmark), Karel BRABEC (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Tom BUIJSE (528 Netherlands), Frauke ECKE (752 Sweden), Nikolai FRIBERG (208 Denmark), Marek GIELCZEWSKI (616 Poland), Kathrin JANUSCHKE (276 Germany), Jan KOEHLER (276 Germany), Benjamin KUPILAS (276 Germany), Armin W. LORENZ (276 Germany), Susanne MUHAR (40 Austria), Amael PAILLEX (756 Switzerland), Michaela POPPE (40 Austria), Torsten SCHMIDT (276 Germany), Stefan SCHMUTZ (40 Austria), Jan VERMAAT (528 Netherlands), Piet F. M. VERDONSCHOT (528 Netherlands), Ralf C. M. VERDONSCHOT (528 Netherlands), Christian WOLTER (276 Germany) and Jochem KAIL (276 Germany)

Edition

Journal of Applied Ecology, HOBOKEN (USA), Blackwell Scientific Publications, 2015, 0021-8901

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10511 Environmental sciences

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 5.196

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/15:00086672

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12531

UT WoS

000367095400013

Keywords in English

aquatic macrophytes; benthic invertebrates; fish; floodplain; flow patterns; food web; ground beetles; riparian vegetation; stable isotopes

Abstract

V originále

Restoration of river hydromorphology often has limited detected effects on river biota. One frequently discussed reason is that the restored river length is insufficient to allow populations to develop and give the room for geomorphological processes to occur. We investigated ten pairs of restored river sections of which one was a large project involving a long, intensively restored river section and one represented a smaller restoration effort. The restoration effect was quantified by comparing each restored river section to an upstream non-restored section. We sampled the following response variables: habitat composition in the river and its floodplain, three aquatic organism groups (aquatic macrophytes, benthic invertebrates and fish), two floodplain-inhabiting organism groups (floodplain vegetation, ground beetles), as well as food web composition and land-water interactions reflected by stable isotopes. For each response variable, we compared the difference in dissimilarity of the restored and nearby non-restored section between the larger and the smaller restoration projects. In a second step, we regrouped the pairs and compared restored sections with large changes in substrate composition to those with small changes. When comparing all restored to all non-restored sections, ground beetles were most strongly responding to restoration, followed by fish, floodplain vegetation, benthic invertebrates and aquatic macrophytes. Aquatic habitats and stable isotope signatures responded less strongly. We recommend a focus on habitat enhancement in river restoration projects.

Links

7E12071, research and development project

Name: Restoring rivers for effective catchment management (Acronym: REFORM)

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR

Citovat

HERING, Daniel, Jukka AROVIITA, Annette BAATTRUP-PEDERSEN, Karel BRABEC, Tom BUIJSE, Frauke ECKE, Nikolai FRIBERG, Marek GIELCZEWSKI, Kathrin JANUSCHKE, Jan KOEHLER, Benjamin KUPILAS, Armin W. LORENZ, Susanne MUHAR, Amael PAILLEX, Michaela POPPE, Torsten SCHMIDT, Stefan SCHMUTZ, Jan VERMAAT, Piet F. M. VERDONSCHOT, Ralf C. M. VERDONSCHOT, Christian WOLTER and Jochem KAIL. Contrasting the roles of section length and instream habitat enhancement for river restoration success: a field study of 20 European restoration projects. Journal of Applied Ecology. HOBOKEN (USA): Blackwell Scientific Publications, 2015, vol. 52, No 6, p. 1518-1527. ISSN 0021-8901. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12531.

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HERING, Daniel, Jukka AROVIITA, Annette BAATTRUP-PEDERSEN, Karel BRABEC, Tom BUIJSE, Frauke ECKE, Nikolai FRIBERG, Marek GIELCZEWSKI, Kathrin JANUSCHKE, Jan KOEHLER, Benjamin KUPILAS, Armin W. LORENZ, Susanne MUHAR, Amael PAILLEX, Michaela POPPE, Torsten SCHMIDT, Stefan SCHMUTZ, Jan VERMAAT, Piet F. M. VERDONSCHOT, Ralf C. M. VERDONSCHOT, Christian WOLTER and Jochem KAIL. Contrasting the roles of section length and instream habitat enhancement for river restoration success: a field study of 20 European restoration projects. \textit{Journal of Applied Ecology}. HOBOKEN (USA): Blackwell Scientific Publications, 2015, vol.~52, No~6, p.~1518-1527. ISSN~0021-8901. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12531.

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