First findings in the framework of the pilot project Bad Deutsch-Altenburg—the relevance of river bed and river shoreline zones in a regulated river (Danube River) for basic ecological processes and riverine communities | Grundlegende Erkenntnisse im Rahmen des Pilotprojekt Bad Deutsch-Altenburg – Die Bedeutung der Stromsohle und Uferzonen für ökologische Prozesse und Artengemeinschaften an einem stark regulierten Fluss, der Donau
2016
Bondar-Kunze, Elisabeth | Ivankovic, Marina | Funk, Andrea | Trauner, Daniel | Keckeis, Hubert | Hein, Thomas
To ensure a long-term ecological stability, rivers need areas that are available at different discharge situations as highly productive habitats which are connected with the river. These retention areas or biologically active zones are important for the riverine communities as refuge (e.g. benthic macroinvertebrates and fish) or the development of benthic algae communities as basis for the riverine food web as well as retention zones to perform various ecosystem services (e.g. nutrient retention). Especially during low water level situations, the river shorelines and the river bed itself are of significant importance, but highly degraded in intensely regulated river systems such as the Danube River. A basic understanding of the processes and functional correlations is required to avoid negative consequences of engineering measures applied and to improve the ecological conditions. In the framework of the pilot project Bad Deutsch-Altenburg in the Danube River east of Vienna not only monitoring the implementation of engineering measures is required, but also scientific knowledge gained about basic ecological relationships and potential responses of riverine communities. This article presents results of several years of investigations on the distribution and development of three organism groups (benthic algae, benthic macroinvertebrates and fish) along different riparian structures and in the river bed of the Danube River.
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