Interannual evolution of hydrosedimentary connectivity induced by forest cover change in a snow‐dominated mountainous catchment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21649545 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Timothée Jautzy (0000-0001-8021-6001, Département de Biologie, Chimie et Géographie Université du Québec à Rimouski Rimouski Québec Canada, corresponding author), Maxime Maltais (Département de Biologie, Chimie et Géographie Université du Québec à Rimouski Rimouski Québec Canada), Thomas Buffin‐Bélanger (0000-0001-5592-2684, Département de Biologie, Chimie et Géographie Université du Québec à Rimouski Rimouski Québec Canada) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 2318-2335 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Land Degradation and Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1085-3278 • E-ISSN: 1099-145X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ldr.3902 |
| OpenAlex | W3127045389 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 52 |
Hydrosedimentary connectivity is a key concept referring to the potential fluxes of water and sediment moving throughout a catchment. In forested catchments, these fluxes are prone to alterations caused by anthropogenic and natural disturbances. In this study, we modelled the interannual spatiotemporal evolution of hydrosedimentary connectivity influenced by forest cover change over the last four decades in the Mont‐Louis catchment, a medium snow‐dominated mountainous catchment in eastern Canada, which had 62% of its total surface affected by forest disturbances (mainly logging, but also wildfires and diseases) between 1979 and 2017. Using a geomorphometric index of connectivity (IC) and a historical forest cover database, we produced one IC map per year that considered anthropogenic and natural disturbances affecting the forest cover of the studied catchment. To account for vegetation recovery, forest disturbances were weighted with local hydrological recovery rates. Over the four decades, the mean IC of the Mont‐Louis catchment dramatically increased by 35% in response to different types of disturbances. The spatial evolution of IC over the whole catchment and at the sub‐catchment scale revealed that disturbance location has a strong influence on hydrosedimentary connectivity to the main channel. Our results also highlight the sharp contrast between IC computed from topography‐based impedance to those computed from vegetation‐based impedance. Forest disturbances appear to connect hillslopes with the hydrological network by producing pathways for sediment and water. Finally, the proposed reproducible framework could be useful for predicting the potential impact of harvesting and preventing damage to fish habitat and sensitive river reaches
Drainage basin · Geography · Geomorphology · Logging · Physical geography · Environmental Science · Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes · Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies · Soil erosion and sediment transport · Forestry · Geology
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |