RISKS INDUCED BY MAXIMUM FLOW WITH 1% PROBABILITY AND THEIR EFFECT ON SEVERAL SPECIES AND HABITATS IN PRICOP-HUTA-CERTEZE AND UPPER TISA NATURA 2000 PROTECTED AREAS

• Main Authors: GH. ŞERBAN, A. SABĂU, S. RAFAN, C. CORPADE, A. NIŢOAIA, R. PONCIŞ
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cluj University Press 2016-03-01
• Series: Aerul şi Apa: Componente ale Mediului
• Subjects: maximum flow; floods; flood risk; species; habitats.; habitats
• Online Access: http://aerapa.conference.ubbcluj.ro/2016/pdf/8_Serban_58_69.pdf

The purpose of the paper is to identify and locate some species related to habitats from Pricop-Huta-Certeze and Upper Tisa Natura 2000 Protected Areas (PHCTS) and to determine if they are vulnerable to risks induced by maximum flow phases. In the first chapter are mentioned few references about the morphometric parameters of the hydrographic networks within the study area, as well as some references related to the maximum flow phases frequency. After the second chapter, where methods and databases used in the study are described, we proceed to the identification of the areas that are covered by water during flood, as well as determining the risk level related to these areas. The GIS modeling reveals small extent of the flood high risk for natural environment related to protected areas and greater extent for the anthropic environment. The last chapter refers to several species of fish and batrachia, as well as to those amphibious mammals identified in the study area that are vulnerable to floods (high turbidity effect, reduction of dissolved oxygen quantity, habitats destruction etc.).