Essays about: "in-stream restoration"
Found 3 essays containing the words in-stream restoration.
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1. Aspects of erosion of restored trout spawning beds in two streams in Northern Sweden
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental StudiesAbstract : Many rivers and streams in northern Sweden have been channelized due to timber floating. This has severely degraded the spawning habitats for salmon and trout, and therefore a common action when restoring channelized rivers is to establish new spawning beds by adding gravel to the streambed. READ MORE
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2. Is it possible to define different process domains in stream systems based on remote data? : Comparing surficial geology, geomorphological characteristics in the landscape and channel slope between lakes, rapids and slow-flowing reaches.
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskapAbstract : Restoration of stream channels have become a common way of trying to restore both the channels and the ecosystems that earlier have been channelized mainly to facilitate the movement of timber. According to previous studies a lot of the restoration has been performed without a sufficiently detailed plan and with too little focus on how the landscape interplay with the restoration, which makes the potential to learn from possible mistakes minimal. READ MORE
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3. Spawning site selection of brown trout in habitat restored streams
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental StudiesAbstract : During the timber floating era, most of Sweden’s watercourses were altered. This decreased the amount of available spawning habitats for salmonids, and hence had a negative effect on the riverine brown trout (Salmo trutta) populations. Reconstruction of spawning grounds is today a common measure in restoration of altered streams in Sweden. READ MORE
