Case study:Restoration of Kocksbybäcken brook

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Location: 60° 4' 43.22" N, 24° 13' 31.82" E

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Project overview

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Status	Complete
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Themes	Habitat and biodiversity
Country	Finland
Main contact forename	Liisa
Main contact surname	Laitinen
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Contact organisation	SYKE
Contact organisation web site	http://www.environment.fi
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This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

Kocksby brook after restauration (photo:Liisa Laitinen).jpg

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Catchment

River basin district	Ingarsilanjoki River Basin
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Subcatchment

River name	Kocksbybäcken Brook
Area category	10 - 100 km²
Area (km2)	11 km²1,100 ha <br />
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Dominant geology	Organic (i.e. Peat)
Ecoregion	Fenno-Scandian Shield
Dominant land cover	Intensive agriculture (arable)
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Name	Catchment of Kocksbybäcken Brook
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Reference morphology	over-widened, overdeepened, Sinuous
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Dominant hydrology	Ephemeral
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River corridor land use	Intensive agriculture (arable)
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Total cost category	Less than 10 k€"Less than 10 k€" is not in the list (Less than 1 k€, 1 - 10 k€, 10 - 50 k€, 50 - 100 k€, 100 - 500 k€, 500 - 1000 k€, 1000 - 5000 k€, 5000 - 10000 k€, more than 10000 k€) of allowed values for the "Total cost category" property.
Total cost (k€)	4 k€4,000 € <br />
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Reasons for river restoration

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Mitigation of a pressure
Hydromorphology	Width & depth variation, Continuity for organisms
Biology	Fish: Disturbance-sensitive species, Fish: Abundance
Physico-chemical	Nutrient concentrations
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Bank/bed modifications	Adding sinuosity, Re-introducing stones, Introducing gravel
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Fish: Abundance						Improvement

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