Fish ecological monitoring in the frame of the LIFE-Project "Inneralpines Flussraummanagement Obere Mur"
Abstract
The Upper Mur River belongs to the ecologically most valuable river sections in Austria. About 75 % of this section are still in near nature-like condition. Due to the high quality of habitat in the Upper Mur River, the "king of fish" in Austria, the Danube salmon, still has aviable population there. Within the EU-program "LIFE Nature" the project "Inneralpines Flussraum-Management Obere Mur" aims at the re-establishment and improvement of the natural floodplain with regard to flood protection. The project area includes several districts (Murau, Judenburg, Knittelfeld), from the provencial border of Styria/Salzburg to area of Knittelfeld. In order to adapt the project's goals to the actual situation, the current status of the protected habitats/species is investigated within a management concept plan. Apart from re-establishing the river continuum at the power plant of Murau with a fish bypass channel, several re-connections of former side arms are included as improvements for the fish community.
keywords fish bypass channel fish migration river restoration Danube salmon monitoring
Publikationen
Inneralpines Flussraummanagement Obere Mur – Arbeitspaket A.2 Teilmanagementplan Fischökologisches/Fischereiliches Management.
Autoren: Wiesner, C., Unfer, G., Jungwirth, M. Jahr: 2005
Forschungsbericht (extern. Auftraggeber)
Inneralpines Flussraummanagement Obere Mur – Arbeitspaket F.2.2 - Fischökologisches Post-Monitoring
Autoren: Wiesner C., Unfer G., Foramitti A., Haslauer M., Jungwirth M. Jahr: 2007
Forschungsbericht (extern. Auftraggeber)
Project staff
Christian Wiesner
Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Christian Wiesner
christian.wiesner@boku.ac.at
Project Leader
01.02.2005 - 30.06.2008
Mathias Jungwirth
Em.O.Univ.Prof. Dr.phil. Mathias Jungwirth
mathias.jungwirth@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81250
Project Staff
01.02.2005 - 30.06.2008
Günther Unfer
Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Günther Unfer
guenther.unfer@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81213
Sub Projectleader
01.02.2005 - 30.06.2008