Assessing the Performance of In-Stream Restoration Projects Using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Transponders

Autor: Bruce MacVicar, Emma Buckrell, André Roy, Margot Chapuis
Přispěvatelé: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering [Waterloo], University of Waterloo [Waterloo], Université Nice Sophia Antipolis - Faculté des Sciences (UNS UFR Sciences), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA), Études des Structures, des Processus d’Adaptation et des Changements de l’Espace (ESPACE), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Avignon Université (AU)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Geography, University of British Columbia (UBC), Faculty of Arts and Science, Concordia University [Montreal], Université Nice Sophia Antipolis - Faculté des Sciences ( UNS UFR Sciences ), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis ( UNS ), Université Côte d'Azur ( UCA ) -Université Côte d'Azur ( UCA ), Études des Structures, des Processus d’Adaptation et des Changements de l’Espace ( ESPACE ), Université Côte d'Azur ( UCA ) -Université Côte d'Azur ( UCA ) -Université d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse ( UAPV ) -Aix Marseille Université ( AMU ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), University of British Columbia ( UBC ), Concordia University [Montreal, Canada], Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS)
Rok vydání: 2015
Předmět:
RFID transponders
River engineering
lcsh:Hydraulic engineering
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Geography
Planning and Development
0207 environmental engineering
particle mobility
02 engineering and technology
Aquatic Science
stream restoration
01 natural sciences
Biochemistry
[ SDE.IE ] Environmental Sciences/Environmental Engineering
sediment transport
lcsh:Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes
lcsh:TC1-978
Radio-frequency identification
[SDU.STU.GM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geomorphology
[SDU.STU.HY]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Hydrology
020701 environmental engineering
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Water Science and Technology
Bed load
Hydrology
lcsh:TD201-500
[ SDU.STU.GM ] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geomorphology
Flood myth
[SDE.IE]Environmental Sciences/Environmental Engineering
business.industry
rivers
6. Clean water
Flooding (computer networking)
monitoring
sediment tracking
travel distances
Sample size determination
Environmental science
[ SDU.STU.HY ] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Hydrology
business
Stream restoration
Sediment transport
Zdroj: Water
Water, MDPI, 2015, pp.5566-5591. ⟨10.3390/w7105566⟩
Volume 7
Issue 10
Pages 5566-5591
Water, MDPI, 2015, pp.5566-5591. 〈http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/7/10/5566/htm〉. 〈10.3390/w7105566〉
Water, 2015, pp.5566-5591. ⟨10.3390/w7105566⟩
Water, Vol 7, Iss 10, Pp 5566-5591 (2015)
ISSN: 2073-4441
DOI: 10.3390/w7105566
Popis: Instream channel restoration is a common practice in river engineering that presents a challenge for research. One research gap is the development of monitoring techniques that allow for testable predictions of sediment transport and supply. Here we use Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) transponders to compare the short-term (1-year) sediment transport response to flood events in a restored and a control reach. The field site is Wilket Creek, an enlarged creek in a fully urbanized catchment without stormwater management control in Toronto, Ontario. The responses to three flooding periods, each of which are at or above the design bankfull discharge, are described. Key results are that (i) particle mobility is lower in the restored reach for all three periods
(ii) full mobility occurs in the control reach during the first two floods while partial mobility occurs in the restored reach
and (iii) the constructed morphology exerted a controlling influence on particle entrainment, with higher mobility in the pools. Log-transformed travel distances exhibit normal distributions when grouped by particle size class, which allows a statistical comparison with power law and other predictive travel-distance relations. Results show that three bedload transport conditions can occur, with partial mobility associated with a mild relation between particle size and travel distance and full mobility associated with either a flat or steep relation depending on the degree of integration of particles in the bed. Recommendations on seeding strategy and sample sizes are made to improve the precision of the results by minimizing confidence intervals for mobility and travel distances. Even in a short term study, the RFID sediment tracking technique allows a process-based assessment of stream restoration outcomes that can be used to justify the instream intervention and plan future attempts to stabilize and enhance the system.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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