期刊
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
卷 619, 期 -, 页码 1183-1193出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.10.299
关键词
Alien species; Fish assemblages; Habitat stability; Hydrodynamics; Parallel training dam
资金
- Dutch Technology Foundation STW (Perspective Programme) [P12-14]
The stability of habitat conditions in littoral zones of navigated rivers is strongly affected by shipping induced waves and water displacements. In particular, the increase of variability in flow conditions diminishes the suitability of these habitats for juvenile fishes. Recently, a novel ecosystem based river management strategy has resulted in the replacement of traditional river training structures (i.e., groynes) by longitudinal training dams (LTDs), and the creation of shore channels in the river Waal, the main, free-flowing and intensively navigated distributary of the river Rhine in the Netherlands. It was hypothesized that these innovative LTDs mitigated the effects of shipping on fishes by maintaining the natural variability of habitat conditions in the littoral zones during ship passages whereby shore channels served as refugia for juvenile fishes. Measurements of abiotic conditions showed a significantly lower water level fluctuation and significantly higher flow stability in shore channels compared to groyne fields. Flow velocity did not differ, nor did the variation in flow velocity fluctuation during ship passage between these habitats. Densities of fish were found to be significantly higher in the littoral zones of shore channels compared to nearby groyne fields. Moreover, electrofishing along the inner side of the newly constructed LTD showed a significant linear relationship between fish density and distance from highly dynamic in-and outflow sections and to lowered inflow sections in the LTD. Results of our field sampling clearly indicate successful ecological rehabilitation of littoral zones that coincides with a facilitation of navigation in the main river channel and increased flood safety. (c) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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