Long-term responses of river-margin vegetation to water level regulation
Nilsson C, Jansson R, Zinko U. 1997. Long-term responses of river-margin vegetation to water level regulation. Science. 276(5313):798-800
The long-term effect of water-level regulation on riparian plant communities was assessed for storage reservoirs and run-of-river impoundments. Soon after the onset of regulations, there were few species and sparse vegetation cover, regardless of whether the new water level intersected former upland or riparian vegetation. IN the longer-term, an impoverished vegetation was maintained by storage reservoirs, whereas in run-of-river impoundments, some community characteristic deteriorated and others recovered compared to adjacent free-flowing rivers. (Abstract by Nilsson as printed in Science).
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Nilsson, Christer; Jansson, Roland; Zinko, Ursula
- Units
- BRD
- Keywords
- Ecology, Hydrology, Plant Studies, Surface Water