Kauaʻi record · KCA-INT-0025
Wetland hydrology restoration & adaptive water management
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About Wetland hydrology restoration & adaptive water management
Restore/manage water depth, hydroperiod, salinity and habitat mosaic for wetland function
Names and classification
- Record type
- intervention
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Recorded state
- Available, active, proposed or context-dependent
Conservation interventions
- Action definition
- Restore/manage water depth, hydroperiod, salinity and habitat mosaic for wetland function
- Mechanism of action
- Reopen/adjust flows, operate water-control structures, restore depressions/channels and manage vegetation
- Prerequisites
- Hydrologic design; water rights; invasive/predator control; monitoring
- Implementation context
- Freshwater and brackish wetlands, refuges and managed wetland units
- Expected outcomes
- More functional wetland hydroperiods, habitat diversity and waterbird use
- Monitoring design
- Water level; salinity; hydroperiod; vegetation states; bird use; water quality
- Unintended consequences
- Changes benefiting one species/state may disadvantage another; disease risk if water stagnates
- Implementation limits
- Implementation status, cost and efficacy must be tied to a dated place/program record.
Sources and further reading
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