Siltation and fish stocks - case study Kleiner Kamp
Abstract
Siltation processes in running waters are relatively inconspicuous and are therefore often unnoticed by routine monitoring measures. In the frame of this project the quality of the substrate of a 10 km long section of the River Kleiner Kamp will be mapped, digitized and quantified in terms of area. Digitizing a methodologically identical 2006 mapping of the same stretch will allow a direct comparison of substrate quality and distribution and potential changes over a 16-year period. This will reveal whether and to what extent an increase in fine sediments can be detected. Addressing the issue in a fish ecology context is not yet well advanced, although significant losses in fish populations due to loss of spawning habitat, decline in structural diversity, and decline in nutrients are the result.
keywords Siltation Fish ecology
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Project staff
Kurt Pinter
DDipl.Ing. Dr. Kurt Pinter
kurt.pinter@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81235
Project Leader
07.11.2022 - 06.11.2023
Gabriel Gruber
Dipl.-Ing. Gabriel Gruber
gabriel.gruber@boku.ac.at
Sub Projectleader
07.11.2022 - 06.11.2023