Sediment loads and accumulation in a small riparian wetland system in northern Missouri

Heimann, David C.; Roell, Michael J.

doi:10.1672/0277-5212(2000)020[0219:slaaia]2.0.co;2

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“…Whereas Asselman and Middelkoop (1995) proposed the distribution of traps according to a systematic grid design and Kronvang et al (1998) distributed traps along floodplain transects, other researchers have sampled using a more deterministic design based upon, for example, different morphological, topographical and land use settings (e.g. Walling and Bradley, 1989;Simm, 1995;Heimann and Roell, 2000;Steiger and Gurnell, 2003). Furthermore, although some studies have used a composite of approaches to estimate sedimentation rates, with the exception of the study by Mansikkaniemi (1985), there have been few explicit attempts to compare results from different techniques or to make recommendations concerning appropriate methodologies.…”

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“…Baumann et al (1984) spread out a white-clay marker horizon on the Mississippi deltaic plain to examine deposition rates four times per year during a two year period. Of the studies reviewed, the marker medium that seems to have been most widely used for investigating sedimentation in coastal marshes (Cahoon and Turner, 1989;Reed, 1992;Cahoon and Reed, 1995), riparian wetlands (Hupp and Bazemore, 1993;Heimann and Roell, 2000) and bottomland hardwood wetlands (Kleiss, 1996) is feldspar clay pads. This approach has the advantage that the pre-event surface is clearly marked and that the marker has negligible influence on the hydraulic resistance of the surface for which sedimentation rates are estimated.…”

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“…It was hypothesized that this was, at least in part, due to the different time period covered by each method. Heimann and Roell (2000) combined feldspar clay pad markers, plexiglass sediment plates and dendrogeomorphic measurements to study the particle size and total organic carbon of sediment deposited in a small riparian wetland system in northern Missouri, USA. In accordance with Kleiss (1996), in 14 of 20 cases sedimentation rates measured with the clay pad technique exceeded the rates measured with the dendrogeomorphic approach.…”

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Quantifying and characterizing contemporary riparian sedimentation

Steiger

Gurnell

Goodson

2003

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Fluvial processes of erosion, sediment transport and deposition determine the changing form and sedimentary structure of naturally adjusting riparian zones. Riparian sediment storage has both scientific and management importance in relation to: (i) the quantities of sediment that are involved; (ii) the quality of the sediment; and (iii) the dispersal of biological materials, notably the vegetation propagules that are transported and deposited in association with the sediment.After discussing the significance of riparian sedimentation processes, this paper reviews methods for quantifying contemporary sediment deposition within water bodies and their margins. Methods for investigating contemporary riparian sedimentation are given particular emphasis, and the extent to which different methods provide comparable estimates and have been used to support the analysis of different physical and chemical properties of the sediment are outlined. The importance of the following are stressed: (i) selecting a sampling method that is suited to the sedimentation environment; (ii) incorporating careful cross-calibration if measurements from different methods are to be combined; and (iii) replicating measurements to give more robust estimates if small traps are employed. It is concluded that artificial turf mats provide a useful design of sediment trap across a range of environmental conditions because: (i) their surface roughness reduces problems of sediment removal by flood waters or rainfall; (ii) their pliability permits installation on irregular surfaces; (iii) they can be securely attached to the ground with metal pins to resist high shear stresses from river flows; (iv) they are robust and light and so easily manipulated in the field and laboratory; (v) it is possible to fully recover the deposited sediment to accurately determine the amount of sediment deposited and to support a range of other analyses.Results are presented to illustrate how artificial turf mats can be used to estimate the quantity and quality of deposited sediment and to explore the associated deposition of viable seeds. This provides one example of the important hydroecological role of riparian sedimentation processes and of the potential for the development of innovative, interdisciplinary research on riparian sediment dynamics.

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Quantifying and characterizing contemporary riparian sedimentation

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Gurnell

Goodson

2003

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“…A multiple regression analysis of information from a bottomland hardwood wetland in Arkansas, USA, by Kleiss (1996) suggested that, from a range of possible physical and biological explanatory variables, 90% of the variation in sedimentation rates was accounted for by three variables: distance from the river, flood duration and tree basal area. Furthermore, simple linear regression models, incorporating flood event, suspended-sediment load or streamflow characteristics as the independent variable, explained up to 82% of variability in median event sediment deposition within a riparian wetland in Missouri, USA (Heimann and Roell, 2000). The authors concluded that there was little apparent correlation between cumulative short-term deposition and site elevation, distance from the channel, distance along the channel, or fluvial landform type, and that this may be due to many factors including upstream channelization, floodplain complexity, the short duration of events.…”

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Sediment deposition along the channel margins of a reach of the middle River Severn, UK

Steiger

Gurnell

Petts

2001

Regul. Rivers: Res. Mgmt.

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This paper investigates vegetational, hydrological and geomorphological influences on sedimentation within the river margin of a 1.7 km, sinuous reach of the River Severn, UK. The empirical study was designed to investigate the impact of the following factors on riparian zone sediment deposition: (i) land use, (ii) channel planform location, (iii) the flood stage at which inundation occurs, (iv) submersion time, (v) flood event timing and ordering. Sedimentation was observed using sediment traps located on 48 sample plots within four sites (one on pasture, one within a poplar plantation and two within mixed riparian woodland) during four flood events. A total of 177 observations of sediment deposition were analysed for total dry weight of sediment, particle size and organic content. All sample plots were located within a 30 m wide ribbon of the riparian zone, immediately above the limit of perennial vegetation (i.e. the edge of the low flow channel). Patterns and rates of sedimentation differed between flood events. Whilst significant differences were found in sedimentation between the four sample sites, these were interpreted to be more a function of planform location than land use. The most marked variations were found in the quantity, particle size and organic content of deposited sediment according to riparian zone cross-sectional morphology and elevation. Highest sedimentation occurred within a 1 m elevation band that correlated with the channel-ward face of a morphological bench. Percentage sand content of deposited sediment exhibited a change from approximately 35% in a band extending from the low flow channel to a 1 m elevation above the morphological bench edge to approximately 10% above this level. Organic matter content was low (less than 5%) in sediment deposited up to a 1 m elevation above the edge of the morphological bench. Above this level, there was a gradual increase in organic matter content. These observations suggest a link between the form of the riparian zone and the sedimentation process. The relative influence of vegetational, hydrological and geomorphological influences on sedimentation characteristics are also discussed.

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“…Number of nodes per length of channel (Luck and others, 2010), or sinuosity times the number of nodes (Brown, 2002) Channel migration rate Measure channel migration from multiple sequential aerial photographs (Latterell and others, 2006) Bank erosion rate Where erosion rates are relatively low, bank pins can be used to monitor the erosion rate (Bull, 1997) Measure width of floodplain and bankfull channel in the field or from aerial photography (Rosgen, 1994;Beechie and others, 2006) Aggradation rate Measure channel aggradation with repeat cross section surveys, GPS surveys, or LiDAR surveys (Wheaton and others, 2010a,b), or with sediment deposition plates (Kleiss, 1996;Heimann and Roell, 2000) Restore channel cross section Channel geometry (bankfull width, bankfull depth, width/depth ratio)…”

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Physical habitat monitoring strategy (PHAMS) for reach-scale restoration effectiveness monitoring

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O'Daniel²,

Beechie³

et al. 2015

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Sediment loads and accumulation in a small riparian wetland system in northern Missouri

Cited by 43 publications

References 14 publications

Quantifying and characterizing contemporary riparian sedimentation

Quantifying and characterizing contemporary riparian sedimentation

Sediment deposition along the channel margins of a reach of the middle River Severn, UK

Physical habitat monitoring strategy (PHAMS) for reach-scale restoration effectiveness monitoring

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