Prugne Matthieu, Corenblit Dov, Boivin Maxime, Evette André et Buffin-Bélanger Thomas. (2024). Soil and water bioengineering in cold rivers: A biogeomorphological perspective. Ecological Engineering, 204, (e107261),
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URL officielle: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2024.107261
Résumé
Soil and Water Bioengineering (SWBE) for river management is a viable alternative to civil engineering when bank stabilization is needed. Unlike riprap, SWBE techniques support bank stabilization while promoting the development of riparian vegetation. The preservation of vegetation biodiversity on riverbanks helps maintain and create essential ecosystem services such as recreation, carbon sequestration, pollutant filtration, and the creation of ecological niches and corridors. However, the potential of SWBE remains largely underestimated. Managers are often reluctant to use these techniques as they present failure risks, particularly in rivers with severe mechanical constraints. In cold environments experiencing freezing waters, ice-related processes such as ice abrasion or ice jams are significant disturbance factors for both river morphology and riparian vegetation. The marginality of SWBE is thus exacerbated in these environments, where considerable knowledge gaps persist regarding the interactions between ice, river channel morphology, and vegetation persistence. This review article aims to discuss the insights that biogeomorphology can provide for SWBE in cold environments. Biogeomorphology, a science that studies the interactions and feedbacks between living organisms and the physical processes shaping the landscape, offers new concepts and models as tools for understanding the co-development between landforms and vegetation. In the scope of SWBE, biogeomorphology can be used to (1) provide a better understanding of a river's dynamics and biogeomorphological changes in time and space to better identify the root causes of degraded riverbanks, (2) identify assemblages of species best suited to local conditions and better understand the relationship between channel morphology, vegetation, and ice to improve SWBE structure design, and (3) develop monitoring and evaluation tools to define the biogeomorphological functions of SWBE structure and improve maintenance strategies.
Type de document: | Article publié dans une revue avec comité d'évaluation |
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ISSN: | 09258574 |
Volume: | 204 |
Numéro: | e107261 |
Version évaluée par les pairs: | Oui |
Date: | Juillet 2024 |
Nombre de pages: | 1 |
Identifiant unique: | 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2024.107261 |
Sujets: | Sciences naturelles et génie > Sciences appliquées > Eau et environnement Sciences naturelles et génie > Sciences naturelles > Biologie et autres sciences connexes Sciences naturelles et génie > Sciences naturelles > Sciences de la terre (géologie, géographie) |
Département, module, service et unité de recherche: | Départements et modules > Département des sciences humaines Unités de recherche > Centre de recherche sur la Boréalie (CREB) Unités de recherche > Chaire de recherche sur les espèces aquatiques exploitées (CREAE) |
Mots-clés: | soil and water bioengineering, biogeomorphology, river management, hydrogeomorphology, ice dynamics, mechanical breakup, disturbance regime, riparian ecology, ecosystem services |
Déposé le: | 05 juin 2024 12:52 |
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Dernière modification: | 05 juin 2024 12:52 |
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