The impact of bioengineering techniques for riverbank protection on ecosystem services of riparian zones

Symmank, Lars; Natho, Stephanie; Scholz, Mathias; Schröder, Uwe; Raupach, Katharina; Schulz‐Zunkel, Christiane

doi:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2020.106040

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“…Several studies have already used the original, not the further developed, PBA in their studies, mainly to assess the effects of different management options for TP retention in floodplains. For example Symmank et al (2020) implemented the PBA to calculate changes in TP retention as an effect of the use of bioengineering techniques in riverbank protection instead of fixed riverbanks along the river Weser, Germany. The results show a significant gain in TP retention through changes in environmental conditions.…”

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Simple modelling for a large-scale assessment of total phosphorus retention in the floodplains of large rivers

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Floodplains provide a multitude of ecosystem functions and services with water purification being one of them. For this study we modelled the retention of total phosphorous (TP) in the floodplains of the river Rhine and the river Elbe, looking at sediment deposition as the main process responsible for removing TP from rivers during inundation events. We applied two different approaches: a proxy-based approach (PBA) and a one-dimensional model based approach (MBA). We used both to calculate the yearly TP retention and compared it with the annual TP load in the rivers. Compared to the transported river load the Elbe floodplains investigated retained approx. 4.9% TP resp. 1.4% (PBA vs. MBA) while in the floodplains of the river Rhine about 1.8% vs. 0.3% TP was retained. We found that the greatest difficulty in quantifying TP retention in floodplains is due to the lack of spatial detail on the hydrological connectivity between rivers and their adjacent floodplains and that a sound validation of the results is absolutely necessary. Long-term monitoring data for floodplains, especially on hydrological connectivity, are of crucial importance in this respect.

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Simple modelling for a large-scale assessment of total phosphorus retention in the floodplains of large rivers

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“…The many ecosystem services they offer to human welfare should make it a priority in regard to conservation, but at the same time make it difficult due the many stakeholders that have an interest on them. This is why new innovative practices based on ecosystem-based approaches or nature-based solutions need to be implemented [32,[94][95][96]. Ecosystem-based approaches include several different management actions that are based on the principles and process of natural ecosystems with the long-term objective to reduce the vulnerability while also increasing the resilience of communities [97].…”

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Assessing Riparian Areas of Greece—An Overview

Zaimes

Iakovoglou

2020

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Riparian areas, especially in the Mediterranean, offer many ecosystem services for the welfare of society benefits from their sustainable management. This study presents different tools used to assess riparian areas of Greece and their results. Riparian areas with different land-uses/vegetation covers along streams or torrents were assessed. The assessment tools were visual protocols, bioindicators, geographic information systems (GIS), vegetation indices, and a model. These tools differ in scale, accuracy, and difficulty of implementation. The riparian areas had Low and Moderate quality in Greece because of agricultural activities and hydrologic alterations. Vegetation appeared more important for the integrity of riparian areas than stream flow (perennial or intermittent). In addition, territorial variables (distance from dam and sea) were more influential compared to climatic variables. Visual protocols and GIS were effective for preliminary assessments. GIS can be applied at a greater scale but was less accurate than the protocols. Bioindicators can provide more cost-effective monitoring than physicochemical water variables. Finally, vegetation indices and models can be used for larger spatial and temporal scales, but require specialized personnel. Overall, riparian areas of Greece seem to be degraded, and monitoring would contribute to the development of a database on riparian areas that should form the basis for sustainable management plans in Greece.

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“…Benefits include carbon storage as biomass [199], ecosystem services of urban greening, as well as nutrient removal from rivers in the case of vegetated riverbanks [198]. Compared to softwood riverbank stabilization (using brush mattresses, willow species), reed performed the highest nutrient retention and carbon sequestration in biomass in a study by Symmank et al [200] in Germany. The recovered products should meet the demands with respect to quality (e.g., concentrations of pathogens and micropollutants, and requirements with respect to nutrient content).…”

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Nature-Based Units as Building Blocks for Resource Recovery Systems in Cities

Hullebusch

Bani

Carvalho³

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Cities are producers of high quantities of secondary liquid and solid streams that are still poorly utilized within urban systems. In order to tackle this issue, there has been an ever-growing push for more efficient resource management and waste prevention in urban areas, following the concept of a circular economy. This review paper provides a characterization of urban solid and liquid resource flows (including water, nutrients, metals, potential energy, and organics), which pass through selected nature-based solutions (NBS) and supporting units (SU), expanding on that characterization through the study of existing cases. In particular, this paper presents the currently implemented NBS units for resource recovery, the applicable solid and liquid urban waste streams and the SU dedicated to increasing the quality and minimizing hazards of specific streams at the source level (e.g., concentrated fertilizers, disinfected recovered products). The recovery efficiency of systems, where NBS and SU are combined, operated at a micro- or meso-scale and applied at technology readiness levels higher than 5, is reviewed. The importance of collection and transport infrastructure, treatment and recovery technology, and (urban) agricultural or urban green reuse on the quantity and quality of input and output materials are discussed, also regarding the current main circularity and application challenges.

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The impact of bioengineering techniques for riverbank protection on ecosystem services of riparian zones

Cited by 37 publications

References 77 publications

Simple modelling for a large-scale assessment of total phosphorus retention in the floodplains of large rivers

Simple modelling for a large-scale assessment of total phosphorus retention in the floodplains of large rivers

Assessing Riparian Areas of Greece—An Overview

Nature-Based Units as Building Blocks for Resource Recovery Systems in Cities

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