Case study:Restoration of Kocksbybäcken brook
Project overview
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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Project summary
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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