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http://dx.doi.org/10.3741/JKWRA.2019.52.S-2.765

A study on indicator & criteria for assessment of river environmental naturalness -focused on biological characteristics  

Chun, Seung Hoon (Department of Landscape Architecture, Gachon University)
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Journal of Korea Water Resources Association / v.52, no.spc2, 2019 , pp. 765-776 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to provide the legal and institutional guidelines and standards that can be used in the whole river restoration project and to analyze and evaluate the performance of the river project. We constructed an assessment system of four biological taxa that can represent the river environments, namely, evaluation indexes and standards of vegetation and birds, benthic invertebrates and fishes. Specifically, the assessment indicator and criteria of biological characteristics are summarized, so that in case of vegetation community, vegetation diversity, vegetation complexity, and vegetation naturalness can be quantitatively assessed through the combination of three indices. Based on the scientific basis of the advanced techniques, benthic invertebrates, fishes, and birds were proposed to quantitatively evaluate assessment grades according to the classification of biological data. In order to evaluate biological characteristics, which are a part of river environmental naturalness, we proposed a comprehensive biological index and evaluation grade applying the weight of these four biological taxa, and it clearly reflects the characteristics of river environment in test bed.
Keywords
River environment; Vegetation; Birds; Benthic invertebrates; Fishes; Assessment indicator & criteria; Biological index;
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