Extinct Ponds: Potential for Increasing Landscape Retention Capacity?
The restoration of extinct ponds is considered as one
of ways to gain new retention capacities for water which is getting
much more important issue with respect to expected impacts of a
climate change. However, there are also other pressures on the
landscape which must be all taken into consideration when making a
decision on the possible restoration of extinct ponds. The research
presented here focuses besides others on the restoration of former
ponds which could be important for both the flood protection and
drought impacts prevention. The first step of the methodology
development for the assessment of such areas is the assessment of
their present state. In this paper, the results of land use types
assessment for 22 localities are presented. These results confirm the
assumption that the most present land use type in such areas is the
permanent grassland. However, the spectra of land use types present
in extinct pond areas is very diverse and include besides others also
airport areas and industry.
<p>[1] J. Biggs, P. Williams, M. Whitfield,P. Nicolet, and A. Weatherby, “15
years of pond assessment in Britain: results and lessons learned from the
work of Pond Conservation.” Aquat.Conserv.:Mar. Freshwat. Ecosyst.,
vol. 15, pp. 693-714, 2005.
[2] V. David, K. Vrána, and T.Davidová,
“Možnostivyužitíplochbývalýchvodníchnádrží (Future use possibilities
of the extinct ponds areas),” in Voda a krajina 2012 (Water and
Landscape 2012), Prague, 2012, pp. 37-42
[3] EEA, CLC2006 technical guidelines, EEA Technical report 17/2007.
European Environmental Agency, Copenhagen, 2007, 66 pp.
[4] J. Loman, and B. Lardner, “Does pond quality limit frogs Ranaarvalis
and Ranatemporaria in agricultural landscapes? A field experiment.”
Journal of Applied Ecology, vol. 43, pp. 690-700, 2006
[5] C. Neill, M. O. Bezerra, R. McHorney,and C. B. O’Dea, “Distribution,
species composition and management implications of seed banks in
southern New England coastal plain ponds.” Biological Conservation,
vol. 142, pp. 1350-1361, 2009.
[6] B. Oertli,D. A. Joye, E. Castella,R. Juge, and D. Cambin, andJ.-
B. Lachavanne, “Does size matter? The relationship between pond area
and biodiversity.” Biological Conservation, vol. 104, pp. 59-70, 2002.
[7] J. Persson, and H. B. Wittgren, “How hydrological and hydraulic
conditions affect performance of ponds.”Ecological Engineering, vol.
21, pp. 259-269, 2003.
[8] P. Passy, J. Garnier, G. Billen,C. Fesneau, and J. Tournebize,
“Restoration of ponds in rural landscapes: Modelling the effect on
nitrate contamination of surface water (the Seine River Basin, France).”
Science of the Total Environment, vol. 430, pp. 280-290, 2012.
[9] N. Curado, T. Hartel, and J. W. Arntzen, “Amphibian pond loss as a
function of landscape change – A case study over three decades in an
agricultural area of northern France.” Biological Conservation, vol. 144,
pp. 1610-1618, 2011.
[10] J. Pokorny, and V. Hauser, “The restoration of fish ponds in agricultural
landscapes.” Ecological Engineering, vol. 18, pp. 555-574, 2002.
[11] C. J. Richardson, N. E. Flanagan, M. Ho, and J. W. Pahl, “Integrated
stream and wetland restoration: A watershed approach to improved
water quality on the landscape.” Ecological Engineering, vol. 37, pp. 25-
39, 2011.
[12] G. Tixier, M. Lafont, L. Grapentine, Q. Rochfort, and J. Marsalek,
“Ecological risk assessment of urban stormwater ponds: Literature
review and proposal of a new conceptual approach providing ecological
quality goals and the associated bioassessment tools.” Ecological
Indicators, vol. 11, pp. 1497-1506, 2011.
[13] P. Trojacek, “New land parcel identification system for agricultural
subsidies in the Czech Republic,” in Geoinformation for European-wide
Integration, T. Benes (ed.), Millpress, Rotterdam: 2003, pp. 557-559.
[14] K. Vrana, and J. Beran, Rybníkyaúčelovénádrže. Prague: Czech
Technical University in Prague, 2008, 150 p.</p>
<p>[1] J. Biggs, P. Williams, M. Whitfield,P. Nicolet, and A. Weatherby, “15
years of pond assessment in Britain: results and lessons learned from the
work of Pond Conservation.” Aquat.Conserv.:Mar. Freshwat. Ecosyst.,
vol. 15, pp. 693-714, 2005.
[2] V. David, K. Vrána, and T.Davidová,
“Možnostivyužitíplochbývalýchvodníchnádrží (Future use possibilities
of the extinct ponds areas),” in Voda a krajina 2012 (Water and
Landscape 2012), Prague, 2012, pp. 37-42
[3] EEA, CLC2006 technical guidelines, EEA Technical report 17/2007.
European Environmental Agency, Copenhagen, 2007, 66 pp.
[4] J. Loman, and B. Lardner, “Does pond quality limit frogs Ranaarvalis
and Ranatemporaria in agricultural landscapes? A field experiment.”
Journal of Applied Ecology, vol. 43, pp. 690-700, 2006
[5] C. Neill, M. O. Bezerra, R. McHorney,and C. B. O’Dea, “Distribution,
species composition and management implications of seed banks in
southern New England coastal plain ponds.” Biological Conservation,
vol. 142, pp. 1350-1361, 2009.
[6] B. Oertli,D. A. Joye, E. Castella,R. Juge, and D. Cambin, andJ.-
B. Lachavanne, “Does size matter? The relationship between pond area
and biodiversity.” Biological Conservation, vol. 104, pp. 59-70, 2002.
[7] J. Persson, and H. B. Wittgren, “How hydrological and hydraulic
conditions affect performance of ponds.”Ecological Engineering, vol.
21, pp. 259-269, 2003.
[8] P. Passy, J. Garnier, G. Billen,C. Fesneau, and J. Tournebize,
“Restoration of ponds in rural landscapes: Modelling the effect on
nitrate contamination of surface water (the Seine River Basin, France).”
Science of the Total Environment, vol. 430, pp. 280-290, 2012.
[9] N. Curado, T. Hartel, and J. W. Arntzen, “Amphibian pond loss as a
function of landscape change – A case study over three decades in an
agricultural area of northern France.” Biological Conservation, vol. 144,
pp. 1610-1618, 2011.
[10] J. Pokorny, and V. Hauser, “The restoration of fish ponds in agricultural
landscapes.” Ecological Engineering, vol. 18, pp. 555-574, 2002.
[11] C. J. Richardson, N. E. Flanagan, M. Ho, and J. W. Pahl, “Integrated
stream and wetland restoration: A watershed approach to improved
water quality on the landscape.” Ecological Engineering, vol. 37, pp. 25-
39, 2011.
[12] G. Tixier, M. Lafont, L. Grapentine, Q. Rochfort, and J. Marsalek,
“Ecological risk assessment of urban stormwater ponds: Literature
review and proposal of a new conceptual approach providing ecological
quality goals and the associated bioassessment tools.” Ecological
Indicators, vol. 11, pp. 1497-1506, 2011.
[13] P. Trojacek, “New land parcel identification system for agricultural
subsidies in the Czech Republic,” in Geoinformation for European-wide
Integration, T. Benes (ed.), Millpress, Rotterdam: 2003, pp. 557-559.
[14] K. Vrana, and J. Beran, Rybníkyaúčelovénádrže. Prague: Czech
Technical University in Prague, 2008, 150 p.</p>
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of ways to gain new retention capacities for water which is getting
much more important issue with respect to expected impacts of a
climate change. However, there are also other pressures on the
landscape which must be all taken into consideration when making a
decision on the possible restoration of extinct ponds. The research
presented here focuses besides others on the restoration of former
ponds which could be important for both the flood protection and
drought impacts prevention. The first step of the methodology
development for the assessment of such areas is the assessment of
their present state. In this paper, the results of land use types
assessment for 22 localities are presented. These results confirm the
assumption that the most present land use type in such areas is the
permanent grassland. However, the spectra of land use types present
in extinct pond areas is very diverse and include besides others also
airport areas and industry.
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