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Typification of vessel-induced waves and their interaction with different bank types, including management implications for river restoration projects

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Restoration projects often aim to initiate side erosion processes in order to improve the ecological situation, leading to banks of gentle slopes which positively affect biotic habitats. However, within navigable reaches such measures have to be planned under consideration of the impact of vessel-generated waves on YOY-fish. Hence an extensive study was conducted at different bank types to analyze and describe waves, induced by passing vessels. A high resolution wave gauge was exposed, to obtain wave data of different vessel types over a broad discharge range. Simultaneously vessel passage was recorded using an automatic identification system. Attributed to the ships, different wave types could be distinguished and their specific parameters (e.g., wave height) were described. Additionally we analyzed by which of these parameters wave height is primarily affected. For passenger ships a speed reduction of 5 km h−1 results in a reduction of wave height of 14 cm at the Danube. A morphological analysis was accomplished to identify habitat loss and shift of the water’s edge based on ship induced maximum drawdown. Habitat loss, expressed as retrogression of the water’s edge, ranged between 0.88 and 35 m for the highest drawdown recorded.

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The financial support by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth and the National Foundation for Research, Technology and Development is gratefully acknowledged. The study presented partly contributed to the monitoring task of the Integrated River Engineering Project on the Danube East of Vienna, co-financed by “via donau,” the European Union and the Austrian Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology.

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  1. Christian Doppler Laboratory for Advanced Methods in River Monitoring, Modelling and Engineering, Institute of Water Management, Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering, Department of Water, Atmosphere and Environment, BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Muthgasse 107, 1190, Vienna, Austria

    M. Liedermann, M. Tritthart, P. Gmeiner, M. Hinterleitner & H. Habersack

  2. Department of Limnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090, Vienna, Austria

    E. Schludermann & H. Keckeis

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Liedermann, M., Tritthart, M., Gmeiner, P. et al. Typification of vessel-induced waves and their interaction with different bank types, including management implications for river restoration projects. Hydrobiologia 729, 17–31 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-014-1829-1

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