Linking hydromorphological degradation with environmental status of Riparian ecosystems: A case study in the Stropnice river basin, Czech Republic

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/11/4/460" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/11/4/460</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/F11040460" target="_blank" >10.3390/F11040460</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Linking hydromorphological degradation with environmental status of Riparian ecosystems: A case study in the Stropnice river basin, Czech Republic

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Recently, increasing attention has been paid to the anthropogenic degradation of the riverbed and its relationship to the ecological status of the adjacent river landscape. The key objective of this research was to determine the extent of the disturbance of the selected small streams and their riparian zone in a study area located in a forest and forest-agricultural landscape in the Czech Republic. The next step was to analyze the mutual relationships between the ecological status of the riparian vegetation and the hydromorphological status of the riverbed. The main working hypothesis considered the good hydromorphological status of the river as reflected in the favorable environmental status of the surrounding riparian habitats and vice versa. It was found in more than 90% of the total length of studied watercourses that the character of linkages between channel morphology and the ecological status of riparian vegetation is directly influenced by anthropogenic activities. An interesting finding is that the degraded streams in lowland sites are often encompassed by natural or close-to-natural habitats. On the contrary, the natural status of the riverbed was found in a significantly forested headwater area, but the riparian habitats did not reach even a close-to-natural status. This paper contributes to clarifying the significance of human impact on the river morphology, reflected in the reduction of connectivity between the terrestrial and fluvial parts of the river landscape. It helps to explore the most important disturbances affecting mutual interactions between the river and the riparian habitats.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Linking hydromorphological degradation with environmental status of Riparian ecosystems: A case study in the Stropnice river basin, Czech Republic

Popis výsledku anglicky

Recently, increasing attention has been paid to the anthropogenic degradation of the riverbed and its relationship to the ecological status of the adjacent river landscape. The key objective of this research was to determine the extent of the disturbance of the selected small streams and their riparian zone in a study area located in a forest and forest-agricultural landscape in the Czech Republic. The next step was to analyze the mutual relationships between the ecological status of the riparian vegetation and the hydromorphological status of the riverbed. The main working hypothesis considered the good hydromorphological status of the river as reflected in the favorable environmental status of the surrounding riparian habitats and vice versa. It was found in more than 90% of the total length of studied watercourses that the character of linkages between channel morphology and the ecological status of riparian vegetation is directly influenced by anthropogenic activities. An interesting finding is that the degraded streams in lowland sites are often encompassed by natural or close-to-natural habitats. On the contrary, the natural status of the riverbed was found in a significantly forested headwater area, but the riparian habitats did not reach even a close-to-natural status. This paper contributes to clarifying the significance of human impact on the river morphology, reflected in the reduction of connectivity between the terrestrial and fluvial parts of the river landscape. It helps to explore the most important disturbances affecting mutual interactions between the river and the riparian habitats.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10503 - Water resources

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/LTC18069" target="_blank" >LTC18069: Management malých vodních toků a příbřežních biotopů pro zmírnění dopadů environmentální změny (SMART2Envi)</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Forests

ISSN

1999-4907

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

11

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4

Stát vydavatele periodika

CH - Švýcarská konfederace

Počet stran výsledku

19

Strana od-do

460

Kód UT WoS článku

000534632500098

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85084642960