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Reconnect backwaters and wetlands08. Floodplains/off-channel/lateral connectivity habitats improvement
 
Reconnect backwaters and wetlands08. Floodplains/off-channel/lateral connectivity habitats improvement
 
==General description ==
 
==General description ==
Reconnect backwaters (oxbows, side channels) and wetlands
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Reconnect backwaters (oxbows, side channels) and wetlands refers to measure aiming to restore lateral connectivity between the main river channel and its floodplain.
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[http://www.cnr.uidaho.edu/floodplain_ecology/Freshwater%20Biology%20~%202002/Buijse%20et%20al_2002.pdf]
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==Applicability ==
 
==Applicability ==
 
==Expected effect of measure on (including literature citations): ==
 
==Expected effect of measure on (including literature citations): ==

Revision as of 14:28, 17 June 2010

Reconnect backwaters and wetlands

Reconnect backwaters and wetlands08. Floodplains/off-channel/lateral connectivity habitats improvement

General description

Reconnect backwaters (oxbows, side channels) and wetlands refers to measure aiming to restore lateral connectivity between the main river channel and its floodplain. [1]

Applicability

Expected effect of measure on (including literature citations):

  • HYMO (general and specified per HYMO element)
  • physico � chemical parameters
  • Biota (general and specified per Biological quality elements)

Temporal and spatial response

Pressures that can be addressed by this measure

Cost-efficiency

Case studies where this measure has been applied

Useful references

Other relevant information