HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES IN RIVERS

Authors
FERGUSON RM LYNESS JF MYERS WRC OSULLIVAN JJ
Citation
Rm. Ferguson et al., HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES IN RIVERS, Journal of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management, 12(4), 1998, pp. 286-291
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Limnology,"Water Resources","Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Journal of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management → ACNP
ISSN journal
13604015
Volume
12
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
286 - 291
Database
ISI
SICI code
1360-4015(1998)12:4<286:HPOEFI>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
From 1986 to 1992 a drainage improvement scheme was undertaken on the River Blackwater, Northern Ireland, following which the Department of Agriculture (for Northern Ireland) carried out a programme of fish-hab itat reconstruction in an attempt to restore the river's depleted stoc k. Over three hundred sites were refurbished by introducing pools, spa wning and nursery areas. This paper investigates the hydraulic perform ance of the refurbished habitats, with particular interest in the roug hness characteristics of the incorporated features.