Multidimensional ecohydraulic evaluation of aquatic habitats in the preservation of fluvial hydrosystems
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This paper highlights the ability of ecohydraulics to improve the understanding of the fluvial ecosystem dynamics and the assessment of the aquatic habitat in the context of the conservation and restoration of lotic hydrosystems. The high-resolution analytical framework used in ecohydraulics to describe the conditions of the fluvial microhabitat, and its complementarity with ecohydrological techniques, suggests the justifiable recommendations that will be more completely scrutinized in the river restoration projects. The paper summarizes the procedure for the ecohydraulic evaluation of the fluvial microhábitat using temporal and spatial scales, whose results are interpreted in studies of instream flows, fluvial hábitat enhancement, and river restoration. The described protocol for the multidimensional fluvial characterization permits the detailed modeling of the micro-hydraulic environment that is perceived by aquatic organisms and conditions heir behavior. This work summarizes the valuable potential of the scientific tools that ecohydraulics offers for the advanced analysis of the fluvial ecosystem and the design of measures for the conservation and rehabilitation of Colombian rivers. The ecohydraulic index that assesses the global quality of the aquatic microhabitat can efficiently incorporate the ecological considerations in water resource management and in the design of intervention in the rivers. The new interdisciplinary frontier of fluvial hydraulics that is constituted by ecohydraulics provides new challenges for hydro-scientific research, as the convenient incorporation of biological criteria and the resulting interpretation in streams with high biodiversity.
Keywords
Ecohydraulics, aquatic hábitatEcohidráulica, hábitat acuático, 2D/3D programa
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BECHARA, J.; MORIN, J. and BOUDREAU, P. Évolution récente de l´habitat du doré jaune, de la perchaude, du gran brochet et de l´achigan à petite bouche au lac Saint-François, fleuve Saint-Laurent. R640, INRS-Eau, Terre & Environnement, 2003. 74 p.
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BOUDREAU, P. et al. Two-dimensional habitat model validation based on spatial fish distribution: Application to juvenile atlantic salmon of Moisiei River (Québec, Canada). 2nd International Symposium on Habitat Hydraulics. INRS-Eau. Quebec, Canadá, 1996, pp. B365-B380.
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—. A guide to stream habitat analysis using the instream flow incremental methodology. Instream Flow Information Paper. 1982, núm. 12, p. 248.
—. Development and evaluation of habitat suitability criteria for use in the instream flow incremental methodology [documento en línea]. Instream Flow Paper núm. 21. Biological Report. 1986, vol. 86, núm. 7, 263 p.
Center for Ecohydraulic Research (CER) [web en línea].
DAVIES-COLLEY, R. J.; VANT, W. N. and SMITH, R. G. Colour and clarity of natural waters: Science and management of optical water quality. New York: Ellis Horwood, 1993.
DE NICOLA, D. M. and MCINTIRE, C. D. Effects of substrate relief on the distribution of periphytn in laboratory streams. Journal of Phychology. 1990, núm. 26, pp. 624-633.
DÍEZ, J. M. Modelación fluvial multidimensional (1D-2D) aplicada al cálculo de caudales ecológicos. Actas XVII Seminario Nacional de Hidráulica e Hidrología, Popayán 15-16 de septiembre de 2006.
DÍEZ, J. M. y BURBANO, L. Revisión de los modelos eco-hidráulicos uni-dimensionales (1D) y bi-dimensionales (2D) en corrientes fluviales. Avances en Recursos Hidráulicos. 2007, núm. 15, pp. 75-88.
DÍEZ, J. M. y RUIZ, D. H. Determinación de caudales ambientales confiables en Colombia: el ejemplo del río Palacé (Cauca). Gestión y Ambiente. 2007, vol. 10, núm. 1, pp. 153-166.
DIPLAS, P. and SHEN, Y. Use of two- and three-dimensional hydraulic models for addressing ecological aspects of stream flows. Sixth International Symposium on Ecohydraulics, 18-23 de febrero de 2007. [Christchurch: New Zealand].
DUDGEON, D. et al. Freshwater biodiversity: importance, status, and conservation challenges. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 2006, vol. 81, núm. 2, pp. 163-182.
GARCÍA DE JALÓN, D.; CASADO, C.; MAYO, M. y VILLETA, C. Estimación de caudales ecológicos mínimos para el río Ojailén a su paso por Puertollano. s. l.: INTECSA, 1989.
GORING, D. G. and BIGGS, B. J. F. The effect of velocity and turbulence on the growth of periphyton in a cobble-bed stream: The 5-stone experiment. 2nd IAHR International Symposium on Habitat Hydraulics:A239-A250, 1996.
HABERSACK, H. M. Hydraulic simulation of natural river sections-field study and numerical model verification. IAHR Congress, Graz, Alemania, 1999.
HAUER, D. et al. The necessity of modeling the stability of spawning grounds for reophilous cyprinids including a comparison between 1D, 2D and 3D numerical models. Sixth International Symposium on Ecohydraulics, 18-23 de febrero de 2007. [Christchurch: New Zealand].
HENRIKSEN, J. et al. User’s manual for the hydroecolocigal integrity assessment process software (including the New Jersey Assessment tools). U. S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Discipline. Open File Report 2006-1093, 2006.
JAMES, C. S. and THOMS, M. C. The natural flow paradigm revisited. Sixth International Symposium on Ecohydraulics, 18-23 de febrero de 2007. [Christchurch: New Zealand].
JOWETT, I. G. River hydraulics and instream habitat modeling for river biota. En MOSELEY, M. P. (ed.). Waters of New Zealand. Wellington: New Zealand Hydrological Society, 1992, pp. 249-263.
KATOPODIS, C. Case studies of instream flow modelling for fish habitat in Canadian Prairie Rivers: State-of-the-art in habitat modelling and conservation flows. Canadian Water Resources Journal. 2003. vol. 28, núm. 2, pp. 199-216.
KLONIDIS, A. J. and SOULIS, J. V. An implicit scheme for steady two-dimensional free-surface flow calculation. Journal of Hydraulic Research. 2001, vol. 39, núm. 4.
KOBOLTSCHNIG, G.; MADER, H. and MAYR, P. WG1a “raw data” sub-group: “Physical habitat and instrumentation” [documento en línea]. Informe elaborado para el European Aquatic Modelling Network (EAMN) COST Action 626, 2002.
LECLERC, M. Ecohydraulics, las frontier for fluvial hydraulics: Research challenges and multidisciplinary perspectives. Key-note. Proceedings of RiverFlow Conference. On the behalf of IAHR, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, septiembre de 2002.
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LECLERC, M. A.; SAINT-HILARIE, A. and BECHARA, J. State-of-the-art and perspectives of habitat modeling for determining conservation flows. Canadian Water Resources Journal. 2003, vol. 28, núm. 2, pp. 135-172.
MCBRIDE, G. G. et al. Optimising the compensation flow requeriments of a river impounded for water supply. Rivers for our Future, Department of Irrigation and Drainage, Kuala Lumpur, Malasya, noviembre de 1993, pp. 4B/1/1-15.
MILHOUS, R. T. Relating Streamflows to the health of an aquatic ecosystem. Sixth International Symposium on Ecohydraulics, 18-23 de febrero de 2007. [Christchurch: New Zealand].
MULLER, G. A. and MARSH, P. C. Lost a desert river and its native fishes: A historical perspectiva of the lower Colorado River. USGS Information and Technology Report USGS/BRD/ITR-2002-0010, 2002.
NATURE CONSERVANCY. Indicators of hydrologic alteration versión 7 user´s manual [web en línea]. 2007.
OLSEN, N. Hydroinformatics, fluvial hydraulics and limnology. Trondheim, Noruega: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2002.
PANAYIOTIS, D. and SHEN, Y. Use of two and three-dimensional hydraulic models for addressing ecological aspects of the stream flows. Sixth International Symposium on Ecohydraulics, 18-23 de febrero de 2007. [Christchurch: New Zealand].
PARASIEWICZ, P. MesoHABSIM: A concept for application of instream flow models in river restoration planning. Fisheries. 2001, vol. 26, núm. 9, pp. 6-13.
POFF, N. L.; VOELZ, N. J. and WARD, J. V. Algal colonisation under four experimentallycontrolled current regimes in a regional analysis of streamflow patterns. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 1990, núm. 46, pp. 1805-1818.
POFF, N. L. Natural flow regime as paradigm for river restoration: A ecohydrologic context for ecohydraulics? Fifth International Symposium on Ecohydraulics, 12-17 de septiembre de 2004. [Madrid: España].
SCHNEIDER, M. and JORDE, K. Fuzzy-ruled based models for the evaluation of fish hábitat quality and instream flow assessment. IFIM User´s Workshop, Fort Collins, 2003.
STEFFLER, P.; SANDELIN, J. and YANG, Z. R2Mesh versión 2.03 [web en línea]. Alberta, Canada: University of Alberta, 2006.
VALDOMINOS, C. et al. Determinación del caudal mínimo ecológico del proyecto hidroeléctrico Quilleco en el río Laja considerando variables asociados a la biodiversidad y disponibilidad de hábitats. Concepción, Chile: Centro de Ciencias Ambientales EULA-Universidad de Concepción, 2000.
ZALEWSKI, M. Flood pulses and river ecosystem robutness: Frontiers in flood research. International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS). 2006, núm. 305, pp. 143-154.
ZANG, Y. and JIA, Y. National Center for Computacional Hydroscience and Engineer. [web en línea] 2005.
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Díez-Hernández, J. M., & Obregón-Neira, N. (2008). Multidimensional ecohydraulic evaluation of aquatic habitats in the preservation of fluvial hydrosystems. Ingenieria Y Universidad, 12(2). Retrieved from https://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/iyu/article/view/946
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