Changements environnementaux, dérives biologiques et perspectives de restauration du Rhône français après 200 ans d’influences anthropiques.

Three main periods described the history of fluvial ecosystems of the French Rhône River during the last centuries. Direct and indirect human impacts increased during this evolution. In approximatively one century, the river passed from a braided state to a series of impounded reaches. A bibliograph...

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Main Authors: Jean-François Fruget, Jeanne Dessaix
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Language:fra
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/vertigo/3832
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description Three main periods described the history of fluvial ecosystems of the French Rhône River during the last centuries. Direct and indirect human impacts increased during this evolution. In approximatively one century, the river passed from a braided state to a series of impounded reaches. A bibliographic review concerning the current composition, the changes, and the possible restoration of the fauna and flora communities of the floodplain of the French Rhône River was recently presented. About 300 references allowed to record nearly 3820 animal and plant species: 1052 invertebrates, 322 vertebrates, 395 algae, 2050 higher plants. The biological descriptors showed a decrease in biological diversity with the decrease of the morphological diversity and of the connectivity of the regulated hydrosystem generated by continuous anthropic interference for more than one century. The future of natural areas of the Lower Rhône is quite uncertain despite the increasing place of the nature in the socio-economical functionning of the valley. However, some recent legal tools, mainly initiated by the State and associations, let us expect a positive physical and ecological evolution of the river. A decennial programme of hydraulic and ecological restoration of the Rhône has just been launched.
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spelling doaj.art-31e907068831469594139e72dacefad02024-02-13T14:14:05ZfraÉditions en environnement VertigOVertigO1492-84424310.4000/vertigo.3832Changements environnementaux, dérives biologiques et perspectives de restauration du Rhône français après 200 ans d’influences anthropiques.Jean-François FrugetJeanne DessaixThree main periods described the history of fluvial ecosystems of the French Rhône River during the last centuries. Direct and indirect human impacts increased during this evolution. In approximatively one century, the river passed from a braided state to a series of impounded reaches. A bibliographic review concerning the current composition, the changes, and the possible restoration of the fauna and flora communities of the floodplain of the French Rhône River was recently presented. About 300 references allowed to record nearly 3820 animal and plant species: 1052 invertebrates, 322 vertebrates, 395 algae, 2050 higher plants. The biological descriptors showed a decrease in biological diversity with the decrease of the morphological diversity and of the connectivity of the regulated hydrosystem generated by continuous anthropic interference for more than one century. The future of natural areas of the Lower Rhône is quite uncertain despite the increasing place of the nature in the socio-economical functionning of the valley. However, some recent legal tools, mainly initiated by the State and associations, let us expect a positive physical and ecological evolution of the river. A decennial programme of hydraulic and ecological restoration of the Rhône has just been launched.https://journals.openedition.org/vertigo/3832biodiversityregulated riverecological managementaquatic faunarestorationRhône River
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Changements environnementaux, dérives biologiques et perspectives de restauration du Rhône français après 200 ans d’influences anthropiques.
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biodiversity
regulated river
ecological management
aquatic fauna
restoration
Rhône River
title Changements environnementaux, dérives biologiques et perspectives de restauration du Rhône français après 200 ans d’influences anthropiques.
title_full Changements environnementaux, dérives biologiques et perspectives de restauration du Rhône français après 200 ans d’influences anthropiques.
title_fullStr Changements environnementaux, dérives biologiques et perspectives de restauration du Rhône français après 200 ans d’influences anthropiques.
title_full_unstemmed Changements environnementaux, dérives biologiques et perspectives de restauration du Rhône français après 200 ans d’influences anthropiques.
title_short Changements environnementaux, dérives biologiques et perspectives de restauration du Rhône français après 200 ans d’influences anthropiques.
title_sort changements environnementaux derives biologiques et perspectives de restauration du rhone francais apres 200 ans d influences anthropiques
topic biodiversity
regulated river
ecological management
aquatic fauna
restoration
Rhône River
url https://journals.openedition.org/vertigo/3832
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