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This section will need to be produced at a later date, once any ecosystem services benefits from the deployment of the Mudbug are determined.
Table 1: Targeted ecosystem services
Involved habitats
It is not likely that the deployment of the Mudbug will result in the creation of any marsh habitat, intertidal habitat, subtidal habitat or adjacent land, as given the potential reduced volume of dredged material, it may not be necessary to dredge and relocate the arisings within the estuary to create any additional habitat.
Table 2: Ecosystem services analysis for Hydromotion Mudbugs: Indication of habitat surface and quality change, i.e. situation before versus after measure implementation
The measure Hydromotion Mudbug in the polyhaline zone of the Humber estuary was about determining the density of ‘fluid’ mud to determine the depth of the navigable channel, improving the habitat quality of the subtidal deep habitat.
From the ES assessment it is concluded that this measure generates overall a slightly positive expected impact for many ES, mainly for:
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Deployment of Mudbugs
Table of content
- 1. Measure description
- 1a. Description of the issue and measure
- 1b. Status of the Measure
- 1c. Monitoring
- 1d. Monitoring results
- 2. Execution of main effectiveness criteria
- 2a. Effectiveness according to development targets of measure
- 2b. Impact on ecosystem services
- 2c. Degree of synergistic effects and conflicts according to uses
Impact on ecosystem services
Targeted Ecosystem servicesThis section will need to be produced at a later date, once any ecosystem services benefits from the deployment of the Mudbug are determined.
Table 1: Targeted ecosystem services
| Measure | |
| Food: animals | |
| Water for industrial use | |
| Water for navigation | |
| Climate regulation: carbon sequestration | |
| Regulation extreme events or disturbance: flood water storage | |
| Regulation extreme events or disturbance: water current reduction | |
| Regulation extreme events or disturbance: Wave reduction | |
| Water quantity regulation: drainage of river water | |
| Water quantity regulation: dissipation of tidal and river energy | |
| Water quantity regulation: landscape maintenance | |
| Water quantity regulation: transportation | |
| Water quality regulation: transport of pollutants and excess nutrients | |
| Water quality regulation: reduction of excess loads coming from the catchment | |
| Erosion and sedimentation regulation by water bodies | x |
| Erosion and sedimentation regulation by biological mediation | |
| "Biodiversity" | |
| Aesthetic information | |
| Opportunities for recreation & tourism | |
| Inspiration for culture, art and design | |
| Information for cognitive development | |
Involved habitats
It is not likely that the deployment of the Mudbug will result in the creation of any marsh habitat, intertidal habitat, subtidal habitat or adjacent land, as given the potential reduced volume of dredged material, it may not be necessary to dredge and relocate the arisings within the estuary to create any additional habitat.
Table 2: Ecosystem services analysis for Hydromotion Mudbugs: Indication of habitat surface and quality change, i.e. situation before versus after measure implementation
| MEASURE | before | After | |||
| surface (%) | Quality (1-5) | surface (%) | quality (1-5) | ||
| Marsh habitat | above mean high water, floods at spring tide |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Intertidal steep habitat | floods every tide, mainly steep zones at marsh edges |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Intertidal flat habitat | floods every tide, flat zones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Subtidal shallow habitat | never surfaces, less deep than 2m | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Subtidal moderately deep habitat | never surfaces, 2m-5m | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Subtidal deep habitat | never surfaces, deeper than 5m | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ADJACENT LAND | NON FLOODED LAND | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quality |
| 1 = very high quality |
| 2 = high quality |
| 3 = medium quality |
| 4 = low quality |
| 5 = very low quality |
The measure Hydromotion Mudbug in the polyhaline zone of the Humber estuary was about determining the density of ‘fluid’ mud to determine the depth of the navigable channel, improving the habitat quality of the subtidal deep habitat.
From the ES assessment it is concluded that this measure generates overall a slightly positive expected impact for many ES, mainly for:
- “biodiversity”
- Cultural services
- Some regulating services: Erosion and sedimentation regulation (by water bodies); Water quality regulation: transport of pollutants and excess nutrients
