Informing Watershed Connectivity Barrier Prioritization Decisions: A Synthesis.
Published in River Research and Applications, 2016
Recommended citation: McKay SK, Cooper AR, Diebel MW, Elkins D, Oldford G, Roghair C, Wieferich D. (2016). "Informing Watershed Connectivity Barrier Prioritization Decisions: A Synthesis.." River Research and Applications. 33(6). (http://goldford.github.io/files/oldford_001.pdf)
Water resources and transportation infrastructure such as dams and culverts provide countless socio-economic benefits; however, this infrastructure can also disconnect the movement of organisms, sediment, and water through river ecosystems. Trade-offs associated with these competing costs and benefits occur globally, with applications in barrier addition (e.g. dam and road construction), reengineering (e.g. culvert repair), and removal (e.g. dam removal and aging infrastructure). Barrier prioritization provides a unique opportunity to: (i) restore and reconnect potentially large habitat patches quickly and effectively and (ii) avoid impacts prior to occurrence in line with the mitigation hierarchy (i.e. avoid then minimize then mitigate).
Recommended citation: McKay SK, Cooper AR, Diebel MW, Elkins D, Oldford G, Roghair C, Wieferich D. (2016). "Informing Watershed Connectivity Barrier Prioritization Decisions: A Synthesis.." River Research and Applications. 1. 33(6).