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Titel The influence of riparian woodland on the spatial and temporal variability of stream water temperatures in an upland salmon stream
VerfasserIn I. A. Malcolm, D. M. Hannah, M. J. Donaghy, C. Soulsby, A. F. Youngson
Medientyp Artikel
Sprache Englisch
ISSN 1027-5606
Digitales Dokument URL
Erschienen In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences ; 8, no. 3 ; Nr. 8, no. 3, S.449-459
Datensatznummer 250005615
Publikation (Nr.) Volltext-Dokument vorhandencopernicus.org/hess-8-449-2004.pdf
 
Zusammenfassung
The spatio-temporal variability of stream water temperatures was investigated at six locations on the Girnock Burn (30km2 catchment), Cairngorms, Scotland over three hydrological years between 1998 and 2002. The key site-specific factors affecting the hydrology and climatology of the sampling points were investigated as a basis for physical process inference. Particular emphasis was placed on assessing the effects of riparian forest in the lower catchment versus the heather moorland riparian zones that are spatially dominant in the upper catchment. The findings were related to river heat budget studies that provided process detail. Gross changes in stream temperature were affected by the annual cycle of incoming solar radiation and seasonal changes in hydrological and climatological conditions. Inter-annual variation in these controlling variables resulted in inter-annual variability in thermal regime. However, more subtle inter-site differences reflected the impact of site-specific characteristics on various components of the river energy budget. Inter-site variability was most apparent at shorter time scales, during the summer months and for higher stream temperatures. Riparian woodland in the lower catchment had a substantial impact on thermal regime, reducing diel variability (over a period of 24 hours) and temperature extremes. Observed inter-site differences are likely to have a substantial effect on freshwater ecology in general and salmonid fish in particular.

Keywords: temperature, thermal regime, forest, salmon, hydrology, Girnock Burn, Cairngorm

 
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