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http://dx.doi.org/10.11626/KJEB.2020.38.4.705

Temporal changes in river channel habitat diversity by large weirs in the Geum River using satellite imagery analysis  

Ock, Giyoung (Division of Ecological Assessment Research, National Institute of Ecology)
Choi, Mikyoung (International Water Resources Research Institute, Chungnam National University)
Kim, Jeong-Cheol (Division of Ecological Assessment Research, National Institute of Ecology)
Park, Hyung-Geun (Division of Ecological Assessment Research, National Institute of Ecology)
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Korean Journal of Environmental Biology / v.38, no.4, 2020 , pp. 705-713 More about this Journal
Abstract
The present study investigated the temporal changes of river habitats caused by construction and operation of the three large weirs (Sejong, Gongju, and Baekje) in the Geum River. High resolution satellite imagery taken during three periods (preconstruction, before and after gate operation) were used for habitat analysis. We divided bar area into eight habitat types in addition to water area. Then, we identified the nine habitat types from the satellite imagery and estimated each habitat area. Our results show that after weir construction, large bar areas were dramatically decreased and bareland was nearly absent post gate-operation in all three weirs. However, total bar area and bareland were again increased distinctively soon after weir opening events, especially in the uppermost weir, the Sejongbo. These results suggest that weir opening operations provide a relatively simple channel of more diverse through the process of increasing bar area in a river channel.
Keywords
river habitat; weir operation; satellite imagery; Geum River;
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