Impact of beaver dams on surface channel capacity and phytocoenoses diversity of Łąki Soleckie (PLH140055)

• Autorzy: Oleszczuk Ryszard , Urbański Janusz , Pawluśkiewicz Bogumiła , Bajkowski Sławomir , Małuszyński Marcin J. , Małuszyńska Ilona , Jadczyszyn Jan , Hewelke Edyta

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DOI

10.24425/jwld.2024.149126

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The aim of the study was to determine the extent to which created and functioning beaver dams contribute to increasing water retention in the Łąki Soleckie facility (Mała River valley). Changes in the plant cover of meadow habitats within the range of beaver dams were also determined. During the growing periods in 2020-2022, measurements of the periodic levels and water retention of the Mała River and the adjacent ditches (R-27, R-29) were closely related to the activity of beavers and precipitation. The maximum volume of water retained in the Mała riverbed in 2020-2022 was 1,300, 1,700, and 1,200 m³ ; the maximum retention of the R-29 ditch was 270, 210, and 200 m³, respectively. In 2021-2022, the R-27 ditch collected the most water - 270 m³ and 250 m³. Starting from June 2022, due to beaver dams D2 and D3, the water level in the river and water retention have stabilised at a high level, despite slight rainfall. The activity of beavers contributed to the transformation of communities of wet habitats located on organic soils (Calthion) into communities of periodically wet habitats (Caricetum gracilis). In places where natural habitat 6510 occurs, the coverage of species of the Festuca genus has increased, and the value of the biodiversity index has increased by an average of 9%. High stability in the community of expansive species (Deschampsia caespitosa and Veronica longifolia) and their increasing cover may make it difficult to maintain the proper condition of natural habitat 6510.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

beaver; biodiversity; organic soils; phytocoenose; river valley; water retention

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo ITP
• Czasopismo: Journal of Water and Land Development
• Rocznik: 2024
• Tom: no. 61
• Strony: 96--105
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 51 poz., rys., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Oleszczuk Ryszard

• Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Nowoursynowska St, 159 build. 33, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0334-2132

autor

Urbański Janusz

• Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW, Institute of Civil Engineering, Nowoursynowska St, 159 build. 33, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7689-3667

autor

Pawluśkiewicz Bogumiła

• Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Nowoursynowska St, 159 build. 33, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3069-0992

autor

Bajkowski Sławomir

• Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW, Institute of Civil Engineering, Nowoursynowska St, 159 build. 33, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7010-0600

autor

Małuszyński Marcin J.

• Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Nowoursynowska St, 159 build. 33, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6292-8830

autor

Małuszyńska Ilona

• Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Nowoursynowska St, 159 build. 33, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8378-2583

autor

Jadczyszyn Jan

• Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation – State Research Institute, Czartoryskich 8, 24-100 Puławy, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4921-7609

autor

Hewelke Edyta

• Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Nowoursynowska St, 159 build. 33, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0253-7149

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