Plant basket hydraulic structures (PBHS) as a new river restoration measure
Authors:
- Tomasz Kałuża,
- Artur Radecki-Pawlik,
- Krzysztof Szoszkiewicz,
- Karol Plesiński,
- Bartosz Radecki-Pawlik,
- Ireneusz Laks
Abstract
River restoration has become increasingly attractive worldwide as it provides considerable benefits to the environment as well as to the economy. This study focuses on changes of hydromorphological conditions in a small lowland river recorded during an experiment carried out in the Flinta River, central Poland. The proposed solution was a pilot project of the construction of vegetative sediment traps (plant basket hydraulic structures - PBHS). A set of three PBSHwas installed in the riverbed in one row and a range of hydraulic parameterswere recorded over a period of three years (six measurement sessions). Changes of sediment grain size were analysed, and the amount and size of plant debris in the plant barriers were recorded. Plant debris accumulation influencing flow hydrodynamics was detected as a result of the installation of vegetative sediment traps. Moreover, various hydromorphological processes in the river were initiated. Additional simulations based on the detected processes showed that the proposed plant basket hydraulic structures can improve the hydromorphological status of the river.
- Record ID
- CUTe8a58d5267af4f0f91256151538f05bb
- Publication categories
- ;
- Author
- Journal series
- Science of the Total Environment, ISSN 0048-9697, e-ISSN 1879-1026
- Issue year
- 2018
- Vol
- 627
- Pages
- 245-255
- Other elements of collation
- fot.; rys.; wykr.; Bibliografia (na s.) - 253-255; Oznaczenie streszczenia - Abstr.; Data udostępnienia on-line - 2018-02-03; Numeracja w czasopiśmie - Vol. 627
- Keywords in English
- Channel river pattern, Hydrodynamic conditions, Plant basket hydraulic structure, River restoration, RHS method, VCmaster model
- DOI
- DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.029 Opening in a new tab
- URL
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969718300299 Opening in a new tab
- Language
- eng (en) English
- Score (nominal)
- 40
- Additional fields
- Indeksowana w: Web of Science, Scopus
- Uniform Resource Identifier
- https://cris.pk.edu.pl/info/article/CUTe8a58d5267af4f0f91256151538f05bb/
- URN
urn:pkr-prod:CUTe8a58d5267af4f0f91256151538f05bb
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