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18720018

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-4
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-8-11
pubmed:abstractText
Watercourses are complex ecosystems where numerous economic, ecological and heritage issues converge. To ensure their efficient management it is essential to have a full description of these multifunctional ecosystems and to know their evolution over time. This paper describes a method for monitoring watercourses and their riparian strips developed in Wallonia (southern Belgium). It is based on an inventory constructed by stratified random sampling comprising 1,071 sampling plots distributed over a total length of 24,600 km of watercourses covered from their source. Each sampling plot is surveyed and measurements and fine observations are made on watercourse segments 50 m long. The method developed, which was applied on a regional scale, could easily be transposed to other entities, from large river basins, to an entire country. Examples of results obtained from a first inventory phase demonstrate the utility of this tool designed to supply qualitative and quantitative information to assist watercourse management.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1573-2959
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
156
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
435-50
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Design of a watercourse and riparian strip monitoring system for environmental management.
pubmed:affiliation
Unit of Forest and Nature Management, Gembloux Agricultural University, Passage des Déportés 2 B 5030, Gembloux, Belgium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't