Author(s): Yuichi Kayaba; Shiro Sagawa; Yoichi Kawaguchi; Masakuni Saiki; Tomoko Minagawa; Takashi Tashiro
Linked Author(s): Takashi Tashiro
Keywords: Experimental streams; Habitat structure; Larvae and juveniles; River restorationprojects
Abstract: The River Restoration Project in Japan started in 2002 with the initiative of the River Bureau under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. In comparison to conventional river rehabilitation projects, this project offers a broader spectrum of measures; therefore, developing techniques within a short period is difficult. In order to develop new techniques for river restoration projects, experimental streams were constructed in 1998 as a part of the Aqua Restoration Research Center. This paper comprises three short reports and the result of a research conducted in the experimental streams; these pertain to a rehabilitation technique for stream margin vegetation, the quality of attached algae as food resources associated with turnover, organic matter dynamics, and the habitats for cyprinid larvae and juveniles, respectively. These topics are indispensable for the techniques of river restoration projects as well as rehabilitation projects.
Year: 2005