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Review of Riparian Buffer Zone Effectiveness

MAF Technical Paper No: 2004/05

Prepared for MAF Policy by:

Stephanie Parkyn NIWA

ISBN No: 0-478-07823-4 ISSN No: 1171-4662

September 2004

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Table of Contents

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• Disclaimer
• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Purpose of the review
  • 1.2 What are riparian zones?
  • 1.3 Riparian buffer zone functions
• 2. Nutrients and sediments
  • 2.1 Modes of particulate and dissolved pollutant transport
  • 2.2 Modes of sediment and nutrient removal
  • 2.3 Buffer strip design and efficiency for sediment and nutrient removal
• 3. Biodiversity
  • 3.1 Effectiveness of riparian management for habitat and biological diversity
  • 3.2 Habitat in lowland streams
  • 3.3 Buffer Width
• 4. The need for an integrated catchment-wide perspective on riparian management
  • 4.1 Hydrologic pathways
  • 4.2 Changing functions with stream size
  • 4.3 Shade impacts on nutrient removal and sediment
• 5. Summary
• 6. References
• Appendix 1
• Summary of riparian zone functions
• Download as a PDF File [PDF  1.0M ]

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