scholarly journals Morphoanatomical Characteristics in Riparian Vegetation and Its Adaptative Value

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina García ◽  
Damelis Jáuregui
Keyword(s):  
Plant Communities ◽  
Riparian Vegetation ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Riparian Ecosystems ◽  
Vegetative Organs ◽  
Riparian Plants ◽  
Riparian Species ◽  
Rivers And Streams ◽  
Anatomical Adaptations ◽  
High Diversity

Riparian vegetation comprises plant communities that grow laterally to rivers and streams. They have multiple adaptations, which allows them to persist in these variable and dynamic habitats. This chapter focuses on the morphological and anatomical adaptations of vegetative organs, due to the fact that they are more vulnerable to environmental changes that occur in riparian ecosystems. We also discuss some dispersal mechanisms in riparian species exposed to flooding conditions. Most morphoanatomical adaptations in riparian plants reflect constraints imposed by long periods of waterlogging or complete submergence, as well as the high diversity of strategies that species have developed in order to cope with flooding. Furthermore, riparian ecosystems are being impacted by an increasing artificialization of rivers and banks with losses, or profound changes, in the natural riparian vegetation a problem that will increase with the ongoing climate change, and which must be contained. In order to reduce the vulnerability of these ecosystems, a deeper knowledge of the morphoanatomical attributes that make possible the successful adaptation of riparian flora is necessary so as to implement appropriate measures for the rehabilitation and sustainability of riparian ecosystems.

scholarly journals Spatial pattern of riparian plants along stream order among mountain rivers in China

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 322-330
Author(s):  
Rong Sun ◽  
Xiaojie Luo ◽  
Xiangyu Meng ◽  
Yan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Riparian Vegetation ◽  
Stream Order ◽  
River Continuum ◽  
Riparian Plants ◽  
Tree Species Richness ◽  
Riparian Species ◽  
Significant Difference

Abstract The streams in a watershed form a hierarchical network system. From the perspective of the river continuum, this classification system is the result of gradual increase in traffic. This study analyzed the riparian species richness, diversity and environmental factors along a six-order hierarchical mountain river in the Donghe watershed, China. A total of 34 sampling sites were sampled to study the spatial distribution of riparian plants among different stream orders. The results showed: Environmental factors among stream orders had significant differences. Among stream order, species richness showed remarkable differences. The species richness rose firstly and dropped afterwards except for tree species richness; tree species richness decreased while stream order increased. The same is true for shrub quadrat species richness. Shannon-Wiener diversity, Simpson dominance and Pielou uniformity showed significant difference among stream orders; Shannon-Wiener diversity rose firstly then dropped afterwards. For integrated environmental factors and community characteristics, we found the changes of stream orders had a significant impact on riparian habitats and riparian vegetation. Further analysis showed that riparian vegetation experienced different types and degrees of disturbance in different stream orders. This meant that a hierarchical management strategy should be applied to riparian vegetation management.

scholarly journals Bulk Drag Predictions of Riparian Arundo donax Stands through UAV-Acquired Multispectral Images

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 1333
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Francesco Cesare Lama ◽  
Mariano Crimaldi ◽  
Vittorio Pasquino ◽  
Roberta Padulano ◽  
Giovanni Battista Chirico
Keyword(s):  
Riparian Vegetation ◽  
Vegetation Index ◽  
Arundo Donax ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Giant Reed ◽  
Multispectral Images ◽  
Drainage Channel ◽  
Area Index ◽  
Riparian Plants ◽  
The Impact

Estimating the main hydrodynamic features of real vegetated water bodies is crucial to assure a balance between their hydraulic conveyance and environmental quality. Riparian vegetation stands have a high impact on vegetated channels. The present work has the aim to integrate riparian vegetation’s reflectance indices and hydrodynamics of real vegetated water flows to assess the impact of riparian vegetation morphometry on bulk drag coefficients distribution along an abandoned vegetated drainage channel fully covered by 9–10 m high Arundo donax (commonly known as giant reed) stands, starting from flow average velocities measurements at 30 cross-sections identified along the channel. A map of riparian vegetation cover was obtained through digital processing of Unnamed Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-acquired multispectral images, which represent a fast way to observe riparian plants’ traits in hardly accessible areas such as vegetated water bodies in natural conditions. In this study, the portion of riparian plants effectively interacting with flow was expressed in terms of ground-based Leaf Area Index measurements (LAI), which easily related to UAV-based Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). The comparative analysis between Arundo donax stands NDVI and LAI map enabled the analysis of the impact of UAV-acquired multispectral imagery on bulk drag predictions along the vegetated drainage channel.

Influence of wildfire severity on geomorphic features and riparian vegetation of forested streams of the Sierra Nevada, California, USA

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (7) ◽  
pp. 611
Author(s):  
Breeanne K. Jackson ◽  
S. Mažeika P. Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Nevada ◽  
Riparian Vegetation ◽  
Fire Severity ◽  
Riparian Ecosystems ◽  
High Severity ◽  
Sediment Size ◽  
Rim Fire ◽  
Geomorphic Features ◽  
Biodiversity And Ecosystem Function ◽  
Riparian Plant

Fires are a common feature of many landscapes, with numerous and complex ecological consequences. In stream ecosystems, fire can strongly influence fluvial geomorphic characteristics and riparian vegetation, which are structural components of stream–riparian ecosystems that contribute to biodiversity and ecosystem function. However, the effects of fire severity on stream–riparian ecosystems in California’s Sierra Nevada region (USA) are not well described, yet critical for effectively informing fire management and policy. At 12 stream reaches paired by fire severity (one high-severity burned, one low-severity burned), no significant differences were found in riparian plant community cover and composition or stream geomorphic characteristics 2–15 years following wildfire. In addition, minimal changes in riparian vegetation and stream geomorphic properties were observed in the first summer following the extensive and severe Rim Fire. However, an upstream-to-downstream influence of multiple fire occurrences was observed over the previous 81 years within each catchment on stream geomorphic metrics, including sediment size, embeddedness and channel geometry, at our study reaches. The inconsistent effects of wildfire on stream–riparian vegetation and geomorphic characteristics over space and time may be related to time since fire and precipitation.

The effect of reed beds distributions on the Ecohydraulic dynamics of wetlands and lowlands: experimental analyses and simulations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Francesco Cesare Lama
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Riparian Vegetation ◽  
Vegetation Index ◽  
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index ◽  
Terrestrial Ecosystems ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Area Index ◽  
Reed Beds ◽  
Riparian Species

<p>The interplay between riparian vegetation and water flow in vegetated water bodies has a key role in the dynamic evolution of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in wetlands and lowlands. The present study analyzes the effects of the spatial distribution of reed (<em>Phragmites australis</em> (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.) beds, an invasive riparian species extremely widespread in wetland and lowlands worldwide, on the main hydraulic and hydrodynamic properties of an abandoned vegetated reclamation channel located in Northern Tuscany, Italy. A field campaign was carried out to obtain Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) of reed beds through both ground-based and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) methodologies, and to correlate them to the channel’s flow dynamic and water quality main features. Then, Hydrodynamic simulations of the vegetated reclamation channel were performed and validated based on the experimental measurements of the hydraulic and vegetational parameters acquired in the field to build up a robust model to be employed also in future Ecohydraulic researches. The evidences of this study constitute useful insights in the quantitative analysis of the correlation between the spatial distribution of riparian vegetation stands in natural and manmade vegetated water bodies and their hydrodynamic and water quality main features.</p>

scholarly journals Pleistocene Branchiopods (Cladocera, Anostraca) from Transbaikalian Siberia Demonstrate Morphological and Ecological Stasis

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 3063
Author(s):  
Anton A. Zharov ◽  
Anna N. Neretina ◽  
D. Christopher Rogers ◽  
Svetlana A. Reshetova ◽  
Sofia M. Sinitsa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Seasonal Variations ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Daphnia Pulex ◽  
Steppe Zone ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Large Branchiopods ◽  
Community Types ◽  
High Diversity

Pleistocene water bodies have been studied using the paleolimnological approach, which traces environmental changes using particular subfossils as ecological proxies, rather than analysis of the paleocommunities themselves. Within a given taphocoenosis, the presence and quantity of animals are related to environmental conditions rather than to community types where relationships between taxa are stabilized during their long-term co-occurrence and are (at least partially) more important than the particular environmental conditions at the time of deposition, which may have experienced significant seasonal and inter-seasonal variations. Here, we analyze Branchiopoda (Crustacea) of two paleolocalities in the Transbaikalian Region of Russia: Urtuy (MIS3) and Nozhiy (older than 1.5 million years). Cladocerans Daphnia (Ctenodaphnia) magna, D. (C.) similis, D. (Daphnia) pulex, Ceriodaphnia pulchella-reticulata, C. laticaudata, Simocephalus sp., Moina cf. brachiata, M. macropopa clade, Chydorus cf. sphaericus, Capmtocercus sp. and anostracans Branchinecta cf. paludosa, and Streptocephalus (Streptocephalus) sp. are found in two localities. With the exception of the last taxon, which now occurs in the southern Holarctic, all other taxa inhabit the Transbaikalian Region. Within Eurasia, the steppe zone has the greatest diversity of large branchiopods and a high diversity of some cladocerans, such as subgenus Daphnia (Ctenodaphnia) and Moina sp. Here we demonstrated that the branchiopod community in shallow steppe water bodies has been unchanged since at least the Pleistocene, demonstrating long-term morphological and ecological stasis.

scholarly journals Stream Structural Limitations on Invasive Communities in Urban Riparian Areas

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Warren ◽  
Daniel L. Potts ◽  
Kelly M. Frothingham
Keyword(s):  
Plant Communities ◽  
Riparian Forest ◽  
Plant Invasions ◽  
Wildlife Habitat ◽  
Tree Canopy ◽  
Suitable Habitat ◽  
Assessment Protocol ◽  
Riparian Species ◽  
Riparian Plant Communities ◽  
Riparian Plant

AbstractUrban riparian plant communities exist at the interface between terrestrial and aquatic habitats, and they are rich sources of species biodiversity and ecosystem services. The periodic floods that promote species diversity in riparian plant communities also increase their vulnerability to nonnative plant invasions. Plant invasions are constrained by seed and suitable habitat availability. However, how seed dispersal and establishment limitations interact to shape nonnative plant invasions in riparian communities is poorly understood. We use Stream Visual Assessment Protocol data to evaluate the hydrological and geomorphological parameters that influence the seeding and establishment of six common nonnative species in urban riparian habitats: garlic mustard, purple loosestrife, reed canarygrass, common reed, Japanese knotweed, and multiflora rose. To address this objective, we analyzed stream reach data collected during a basin-wide environmental assessment of the extensively urbanized upper Niagara River watershed. We found limited support for our prediction that propagule limitation constrains the distribution of nonnative riparian species, likely because these species are well established in the study area. Instead, we found that opportune stream reach characteristics better predict the distribution of the common invasive riparian species—most notably open tree canopy. Given that there is widespread investment in urban riparian forest restoration to improve water quality, increase stream-bank stability, enhance wildlife habitat and promote recreation, our data suggest that riparian forests may provide the additional benefit of reducing the abundance of some, but not all, invasive plants.

scholarly journals First record of the larvae Byrsopteryx Flint, 1981 (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae) in Colombia

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (171) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesús Manuel Vásquez Ramos ◽  
Diana Paola Osorio-Ramírez ◽  
Clara Inés Caro-Caro
Keyword(s):  
Aquatic Ecosystems ◽  
Riparian Vegetation ◽  
First Record ◽  
Clay Loam Soil ◽  
Open Canopy ◽  
Neotropical Fauna ◽  
Loam Soil ◽  
New Research ◽  
First Time ◽  
High Diversity

Hydroptilidae is one of the most diverse families of the order Trichoptera in the world. Neotropical fauna has 36 genera. In Colombia, 14 have been reported in the larval stage and 11 in the adultstage. In the present study, a Byrsopteryx larva is registered for the first time in Colombia. The larvawas found in the Orotoy River (919 MASL), a stream from the foothills of the eastern flank of the country’s Eastern Cordillera (Orinoquia) characterized as waterfall current with riffle on rocks and pebbles, preserved riparian vegetation with open canopy, and clay-loam soil. The water temperature was 19.7 ºC, pH 5.8, conductivity 15.6 uS/cm, and dissolved oxygen 9.1-9.7 mg/lO2. Given the high diversity of aquatic ecosystems and the limited knowledge of Hydroptilidae genera in Colombia, we hope to open the way for new research and discovery of more species in the country.

scholarly journals Resilience of riparian vegetation composition and diversity following cessation of livestock grazing in northeastern Oregon, USA

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Boone Kauffman ◽  
Greg Coleman ◽  
Nick Otting ◽  
Robert L Beschta ◽  
Danna Lytjen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Riparian Vegetation ◽  
Poa Pratensis ◽  
Habitat Diversity ◽  
Livestock Grazing ◽  
Riparian Ecosystems ◽  
Vegetation Composition ◽  
Sediment Retention ◽  
Positive Feedbacks ◽  
Stream Morphology ◽  
Climate Change Effects

Riparian ecosystem restoration has been accomplished through exclusion of livestock using  corridor fencing along hundreds of kilometers of streams in the western USA, for the benefit of riparian-obligate wildlife and endangered fishes.  Yet few studies have evaluated shifts in the vegetation composition and diversity following the cessation of livestock impacts.  We sampled riparian vegetation composition along 11-paired grazed and ungrazed (exclosed) stream reaches in northeastern Oregon, USA.  Exclosure ages ranged from 2 to >30 years and grazing treatments varied from light grazing every one out of three years to heavy season-long grazing.  Species richness and diversity was higher in the ungrazed  reaches (p =0.002). The abundance of native sedges ( Carex spp.) and broad-leaved forbs were also significantly (p < 0.05) greater in ungrazed areas. In contrast, exotic species adapted to grazing such as Poa pratensis and Trifolium repens were more abundant in grazed stream reaches.  The prevalence of hydrophytic species significantly increased (p ≤ 0.01) in ungrazed reaches, (based on wetland species  indicator scores), indicating that wetland-dominated communities within the ungrazed stream reaches were replacing ones adapted to drier environments.   The increased abundance of facultative and wetland-obligate species in ungrazed reaches compared to grazed reaches suggests that livestock grazing exacerbates those climate change effects also leading to warmer and drier conditions. Further, riparian-obligate shrub cover along the streambank was higher in 7 of 8 exclosures that were older than 5 years. As a restoration approach the inherent resilience of  riparian ecosystems exhibited in ungrazed riparian zones suggest positive feedbacks to other beneficial ecosystem processes such as increased species and habitat diversity, increased carbon sequestration, enhanced allochthonous inputs and greater sediment retention, that would affect the aquatic and terrestrial biota, water quality, and stream morphology.

scholarly journals Keanekaragaman Vegetasi Riparian Sungai Polimaan, Minahasa Selatan – Sulawesi Utara (Riparian Vegetation Diversity of Polimaan River, South Minahasa- Sulawesi Utara)

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Winda Puspita Bental ◽  
Ratna Siahaan ◽  
Pience Vera Maabuat
Keyword(s):  
Riparian Vegetation ◽  
Riparian Zone ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Wildlife Habitat ◽  
Vegetation Analysis ◽  
Vegetation Diversity ◽  
Zone Management ◽  
River Quality ◽  
Riparian Zone Management ◽  
High Diversity

Abstrak Degradasi riparian akibat aktivitas manusia dapat menyebabkan penurunan vegetasi riparian yang akan berdampak pada fungsi dalam mempertahankan kualitas air sungai, habitat hidupan liar dan menurunkan jasanya bagi kesejahteraan manusia. Penelitian vegetasi riparian Sungai Polimaan dilakukan untuk menganalisis keanekaragaman vegetasi riparian Sungai Polimaan. Penelitian dilakukan dari Desember 2016 sampai Maret 2017 di sepanjang sungai dari hulu, tengah hingga hilir Sungai Polimaan. Metode analisis vegetasi transek petak sistematik dilakukan pada tingkat rumput, semai, pancang, tihang dan pohon. Vegetasi riparian yang ditemukan di Sungai Polimaan sebanyak 665 individu, 68 spesies, 41 suku. Keanekaragaman vegetasi riparian (H’) secara keseluruhan tergolong sedang untuk tingkat rumput (1,55), pancang (1,53), tihang (1,64) dan pohon (1,76) dan tergolong tinggi pada tingkat semai (3,59).  Upaya pengelolaan zona riparian diperlukan untuk mempertahankan keanekaragaman vegetasi riparian di Sungai Polimaan. Kata kunci: keanekaragaman, Sungai Polimaan, vegetasi riparian. Abstract Riparian degradation due to human activities can lead to decreased riparian vegetation that affects riparian function to maintain river quality, wildlife habitat and riparian services for human well-being. The riparian vegetation research of the Polimaan River was conducted to analyze the diversity of riparian vegetation of the Polimaan River. The study was conducted from December 2016 to March 2017 along river from upper, middle to down the Polimaan River. Method of systematic transect vegetation analysis was carried out at the levels of grass, seedling, stake, banana and tree. The riparian vegetation found in the Polimaan River consisted of 665 individuals, 68 species, 41 families. Riparian vegetation diversity (H ') could be classified into middle diversity for grass (1.55), sapling (1.53), poles (1.64) as well as tree (1.76), and high diversity for seedlings (3.59). Riparian zone management are required to preserve the diversity of riparian vegetation of Polimaan River.Key words: biodiversity, Polimaan River, riparian vegetation

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