Ecohydraulics: linkages between hydraulics, morphodynamics and ecological processes in rivers : Extended abstracts : Clermont-Ferrand, France, 15-17 June, 2011

294 Pages·2011·31.09 MB·English

by  Claude Chomette

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Abstracts
Clermont-Ferrand,
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EUROMECH Colloquium 523
Ecohydraulics: linkages between
hydraulics, morphodynamics and ecological processes
in rivers
Extended abstracts
Clermont-Ferrand, France, 15-17 June, 2011

Imprint
EUROMECH Colloquium 523
Ecohydraulics: linkages between hydraulics, morphodynamics
and ecological processes in rivers
15-17 June 2011, Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Clermont-Ferrand
This colloquium is organized under
of the EUROMECH - European Mechanics Society - Council.
Chairperson Co-chairperson:
Prof. Wim S.J. Uijttewaal Dr. Johannes Steiger
Organiser
Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (MSH), Clermont-Ferrand, France
Editors
Claude Chomette Presses universitaires Blaise-Pascal
Johannes Steiger UMR GEOLAB CNRS, Université Blaise-Pascal, France
Scientific Committee
Prof. Wim S.J. Uijttewaal Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Dr. Johannes Steiger UMR GEOLAB CNRS, Université Blaise Pascal, France
Dr. Xavier-François Garcia Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Germany
Dr. Koen Blanckaert École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Sponsors
European Mechanics Society (EUROMECH) German Research Foundation (DFG)
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) DFG-NWO project number DN66-149
University Blaise-Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand MSH Clermont-Ferrand
Editor’s note
Authors are responsible for the content of the abstracts.
In a few cases only minor corrections were introduced by the editors.
Photos by courtesy of:
Aude Beauger, Xavier-François Garcia, Ingo Schnauder, Johannes Steiger
Local Organizing Committee
Dr. Johannes Steiger UMR GEOLAB CNRS, Université Blaise-Pascal, France
Prof. Laurent Rieutort Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (MSH) Clermont-Ferrand
Dr. Emilie Mirault-Colin Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (MSH) Clermont-Ferrand
Françoise Vadot Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (MSH) Clermont-Ferrand
Isabelle Wrzesniewski Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (MSH) Clermont-Ferrand

EUROMECH Colloquium 523
Clermont-Ferrand, France, 15-17 June 2011
ISBN - 978-2-84516-529-8

Contents
Foreword 13
Session 1 Invertebrates
B. STATZNER Keynote lecture.
Bed-sediment engineering by running water,
plants and animals: implications
for sediment transport and morphodynamic processes 17
K. BLANCKAERT The role of turbulence in invertebrate drift 23
J.H.F. DE BROUWER, P.F.M. VERDONSCHOT Wood addition to improve macroinvertebrate habitat
& A.A. BESSE-LOTOSKAYA suitability in Durch lowland streams 25
X.F. GARCIA, R. WILKES Shift in the diet of benthic invertebrate species
& M.T. PUSCH according to flow conditions 31
Y. LIN, Q. CHEN, Analyses and quantification of macroinvertebrate spatial
Q. YANG & L. RUONAN distribution under flow regulation by cellular automata 37
B. MAIOLINI, M.C. BRUNO Multiple drift responses of benthic invertebrates
& M. CAROLLI to hydropeaking waves 43
I. SCHNAUDER & X.F. GARCIA Experimental study
on shear stresses trigerring benthic drift 49
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Session 2 Morphodynamics
M. HONDZO Keynote lecture.
Life in moving fluids 57
A. CROSATO, N. RAJBHANDARI, Experimental study:
F. COMITI & W.S.J. UIJTTEWAAL on entrainment of large wood in lowland rivers 59
V. DUGUÉ, K. BLANCKAERT, Influencing morphodynamics
& A.J. SCHLEISS by means of an air-bubble screen 65
M. HENNING & B. HENTSCHEL Groyne field morphodynamics along Elbe River, Germany 67
O. HERRERA-GRANADOS Experimental studies on the seepage influence
in open channel flow and sediment rransport 75
M. ŁAPUSZEK The studies on morphodynamics processes
of the montainous Raba River in Southern Poland 81
J. J. LUCE, A.-G. ROY, The effects of sediment abrasion,
M.-F. LAPOINTE & B. KETTERLING growth surface height and the size of saltating sands
on diatom dominated periphyton biomass 87
R. MÖWS & K.A. KOLL Changes of bed topography upstream
of small hydropower installations 93
E.C. JAMIESON, C.D. RENNIE Stream barb performance
& R.D. TOWNSEND in a semi-alluvial meandering channel 99
Session 3 Fish
S. SCHMUTZ Keynote lecture.
Multidimensionality of the fish habitat:
known or too complex? 107
I. BOAVIDA, A. PINHEIRO, Does boulder placement improve
J. SANTOS & T. FERREIRA habitat for stream fish? 109
P. BRANCO, A. SILVA, J.M. SANTOS, T. FERREIRA, Substrate density influences fish passage success
T. VISEU, C. KATOPODI & A. PINHEIRO in pool-type fishways 115
M. CUCHET, A. SEPP, A. HARTLIEB, Development of downstream fish
F. GEIGER & P. RUTSCHMANN passage facilities 121
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R. HAN, Q. CHEN, R. LI, Investigation on fish behaviors to flow conditions
Q. CHEN & W. LI by laboratory physical model and numerical simulations 127
J. SAUVANET, A. BEC, Estimation of Northern Pike population characteristics
G. BOURDIER & C. DESVILETTES in a large alluvial river: the Allier 133
S. TAMAGNI, V. WEITBRECHT Stability and ecological functionality
& R. BOES of unstructured block ramps 137
Session 4 Vegetation
A. GURNELL Keynote lecture.
Riparian and aquatic plants as river ecosystem engineers 145
D.C.M. AUGUSTIJN, A.A. GALEMA Evaluation of flow formulas
& F. HUTHOFF for submerged vegetation 147
A. GARCÍA-ARIAS, F. FRANCÉS, Modelling the spatial distribution and temporal dynamics
I. ANDRÉS-DOMÉNECH, F. VALLÉS, of Mediterranean riparian vegetation
V. GARÓFANO-GÓMEZ & F. MARTÍNEZ-CAPEL in a reach of the Mijares River (Spain) 153
A. HERREMANS, D. MEIRE, P. TROCH, Development of a new optical imaging technique
R. VERHOEVEN, K. BUIS, P. MEIRE, for studying the spatial heterogeneity
S. TEMMERMAN & G. VERHOEVEN in vegetated streams and rivers 159
O. MILER, I. ALBAYRAK, Biomechanical properties of submerged freshwater macrophytes -
V. NIKORA & M. O’HARE implications for plant reconfiguration
and adaptation to hydraulic habitats 165
S. NCUBE, E.M.A. HES, E.M. MUTEKENYA The interactions of the flow regime and the terrestrial ecology
L. BEEVERS & N.G. WRIGHT of the Mana floodplains in the Middle Zambezi River Basin 171
E. POLITTI, G. EGGER, K. ANGERMANN, Evaluating climate change impacts
B. BLAMAUER, M. KLÖSCH, on Alpine floodplain vegetation
M. TRITTHART, H. HABERSACK 177
D. TERMINI Experimental analysis of flow
in a laboratory flume with flexible vegetation 183
F. YE, Q. CHEN & Q. CHEN Process-based riparian plant model
and the integration with hydrodynamic models 189
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Session 5 Eco-engineering and stream restoration
P. PARASIEWICZ Keynote lecture.
The importance of quantitative habitat models
for river restoration planning and evaluation 197
N.J. CLIFFORD & G. HARVEY Coupling numerical flow simulation and field survey
in mesoscale approaches for eco-hydraulics 201
J.P.C. EEKHOUT & A.J.F. HOITINK Field-scale experiment of migrating bar behavior:
preliminary analysis 207
J. MAROTO, M. MARCHAMALO, Integrated methodology
D. GARCÍA DE JALÓN, for assessing the effects of geomorphological river restoration
M. GONZÁLEZ DEL TÁNAGO on fish habitat and riparian vegetation
& R. MARTÍNEZ MARÍN 213
W. GOSTNER & A.J. SCHLEISS The hydraulic-morphological Index of Diversity: an indicator
to assess the physical potential for river health 219
A. LENAR-MATYAS & M. ŁAPUSZEK The rivers and streams restoration techniques
in the varied trained Rivers’ Reaches 225
Session 6 Posters
B. GHORBANI, S. REZAPOURIAN GHAHFARROKHI Using submerged vane series
& H. SAMADI to control scour depth at cylindrical piers 233
A. CASADO, D. HANNAH, Effects of Paso de las Piedras Dam
J.-L. PEIRY & A.M. CAMPO on the thermal regime of Sauce Grande River, Argentina 239
X. SHI, Q. CHEN, Y. HUANG, D. LIU, Effects of water flow condition
Q. CHEN & R. HAN on the preference of juvenile Chinese Sucker
(Myxocyprinus asiaticus) to substrate color 245
E.J. OLAYA, F. MARTÍNEZ-CAPEL, Predicting native fish richness
R. MUÑOZ-MAS, J.D. ALCARAZ-HERNÁNDEZ, in three Mediterranean river basins
R. SOARES & V. GARÓFANO-GÓMEZ using artificial neural networks 251
J.M. SANTOS, P. BRANCO, A. SILVA, Does the relative depth of flow influence fish passage
T. FERREIRA, C. KATOPODIS, in pool-type fishways? 257
A. PINHEIRO & T. VISEU