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Effects of Floodplain Reconnection on Storm Response of Restored River Ecosystems

Pazol, Jordan Samuel
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1618926160551753

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2021, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Ohio University, Environmental Studies.
Billions of dollars are invested annually in stream restoration in the United States. However, three centuries of landscape modification have fundamentally altered riverine ecosystems, and some current widespread stream restoration methods do not account for this. The restoration projects studied in this project removed legacy sediments and regraded the streams and banks to achieve a more historically accurate stream system, an anastomosing wetland-stream complex. This project analyzed historical water depth and precipitation data to determine the effect of the restoration on the hydrology of the system. A significant difference in the relationship between water depth and precipitation at all study sites pre-restoration to post-restoration was found. It was also found that post-restoration, rainfall led to a lesser increase in water level than pre-restoration, suggesting that floodplains were saturated and peak velocity was lowered, thus lowering erosion potential. Stream restoration methods should adjust their focus from aesthetic improvement to improvement ecological function and recreate streams as we now know they existed historically.
Natalie Kruse, Dr. (Advisor)
47 p.
Environmental Engineering; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Hydrologic Sciences; Hydrology; Water Resource Management
restoration; floodplain; water; hydrology; hydrograph; antecedent precipitation index; watershed; rosgen; flood; salt tracing; precipitation; river; wetland; legacy sediment; Pennsylvania

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  • Pazol, J. S. (2021). Effects of Floodplain Reconnection on Storm Response of Restored River Ecosystems [Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1618926160551753

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Pazol, Jordan. Effects of Floodplain Reconnection on Storm Response of Restored River Ecosystems. 2021. Ohio University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1618926160551753.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Pazol, Jordan. "Effects of Floodplain Reconnection on Storm Response of Restored River Ecosystems." Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1618926160551753

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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