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 Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity
Country Finland
Main contact forename Jukka
Main contact surname Jormola
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Contact organisation SYKE
Contact organisation web site http://www.environment.fi
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Parent multi-site project

Case study: Restoration of Ingarsilanjoki River

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Kocksbybäcken brook after restoration (photo:Liisa Hämäläinen)

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The Kocksbybäcken brook is a tributary of the Ingarskilanjoki River in Degerby village in the municipality of Inkoo. The catchment area of the brook is 11 km2. Kocksbybäcken brook was restored in the as the aim of enhancing the habitat diversity of the brook for migratory trout. The object was to support the natural development of the brook by adding sinousity and width and depth variation. Also stones and gravel were added and replaced to create habitats for the brown trout. The restored part was 330m Brook serves as a drainage channel for the surrounding agricultural fields

In the case of Kocksbybäcken brook, only few trouts were found in the research section in 2005 before restoration. However, the number of juvenile trouts in the reference section downstream was exceptionally high, with 300 juveniles per 100 m². After restoration in 2006, only few trouts were found in the reference section and none in the restored section. One reason was that the year was too dry for juvenile trout production. In 2007 trout number increased in the restored section

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Kocsbybäcken brook before restoration (photo: Liisa Hämäläinen)
Restoration of Kocksbybäcken brook (photo: Liisa Hämäläinen)
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Catchment and subcatchment

Catchment

River basin district Ingarsilanjoki River Basin
River basin

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 1 - 10 k€
Total cost (k€) 4 k€4,000 € <br />
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Reasons for river restoration

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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Measures

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Bank/bed modifications Adding sinuosity, Re-introducing stones, Introduction of gravel
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Fish: Abundance Improvement

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http://www.ecosystemsclimate.org/WatchRead Drainage and fishery needs in the restoration of agricultural brooks.

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